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CVE-2026-22217

OpenClaw 2026.2.22 < 2026.2.23 - Arbitrary Binary Execution via $SHELL Environment Variable Trusted Prefix Fallback PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

OpenClaw version 2026.2.22 prior to 2026.2.23 contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in shell-env that allows attackers to execute attacker-controlled binaries by exploiting trusted-prefix fallback logic for the $SHELL variable. An attacker can influence the $SHELL environment variable on systems with writable trusted-prefix directories such as /opt/homebrew/bin to execute arbitrary binaries in the OpenClaw process context.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
OpenClaw / OpenClawaffected 2026.2.22 before 2026.2.23

CWE

CWE-829

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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