PT-2026-26221 · Openclaw · Openclaw

Tdjackey · Published 2026-03-19 · Updated 2026-03-19 · CVE-2026-22176

Mitre

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

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

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.19 contain a command injection vulnerability in Windows Scheduled Task script generation where environment variables are written to gateway.cmd using unquoted set KEY=VALUE assignments, allowing shell metacharacters to break out of assignment context. Attackers can inject arbitrary commands through environment variable values containing metacharacters like &, |, ^, %, or ! to achieve command execution when the scheduled task script is generated and executed.

Fix

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-22176

Affected Products

Openclaw

References · 4

• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/dafe52e8cf1a041d898cfb304a485fa05e5f58fb · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22176 · Security Note
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-pj5x-38rw-6fph · Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-command-injection-via-unescaped-environment-variables-in-windows-scheduled-task · Note