Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-22177

RCE

Title: Environment Variable Injection (Startup Code Execution)

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-22177.

CWE Category CWE-15

Published Date Mar 18, 2026

Modified Date Apr 08, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.9 CVSS v4.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.37%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-22177: 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.

Impacted Vendors

openclaw 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/2cdbadee1f8fcaa93302d7debbfc529e19868ea4 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-8fmp-37rc-p5g7 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-environment-variable-injection-via-config-env-vars

CVSS v4.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

N/A

RAW VECTOR

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.1

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns