CVE-2026-22177

MEDIUM

OpenClaw < 2026.2.21 - Environment Variable Injection via Config env.vars

Title source: cna

Description

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.21 fail to filter dangerous process-control environment variables from config env.vars, allowing startup-time code execution. Attackers can inject variables like NODE_OPTIONS or LD_* through configuration to execute arbitrary code in the OpenClaw gateway service runtime context.

References (3)

[Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-8fmp-37rc-p5g7

[Patch] https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/2cdbadee1f8fcaa93302d7debbfc529e19868ea4

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-environment-variable-injection-via-config-env-vars

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 15.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Details

CWE

CWE-15

Status published

Products (4)

npm/openclaw 0 - 2026.2.21npm

OpenClaw/OpenClaw < 2026.2.21

openclaw/openclaw < 2026.2.21

OpenClaw/OpenClaw 2026.2.21

Published Mar 18, 2026

Tracked Since Mar 18, 2026