CVE-2026-22176

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.1

Exploit probability—

ProductOpenclaw

PublishedMar 19, 2026

First seenMar 19, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-78OS command injection

How to fix

Update

openclaw openclaw2026.2.19 or later
openclaw2026.2.19 or later

Patches

github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/dafe52e8cf1a041d898cfb304a485fa05e5f58fb

Vendor advisories

github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-pj5x-38rw-6fph

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
openclaw openclaw	v < 2026.2.19	2026.2.19
openclawnpm	v < 2026.2.19	2026.2.19

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