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Advisory details: gitlab / npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-22176
Advisory ID gitlab/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-22176
Aliases CVE-2026-22176
GHSA-pj5x-38rw-6fph
Summary OpenClaw has a Command Injection via unescaped environment assignments in Windows Scheduled Task script generation A command injection vulnerability existed in Windows Scheduled Task script generation for OpenClaw. Environment values were written into `gateway.cmd` using unquoted `set KEY=VALUE`, which allowed Windows shell metacharacters in config-provided environment variables to break out of assignment context.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-22176.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
CVE-2026-22176 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22176
dafe52e8cf1a041d898cfb304a485fa05e5f58fb Other https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/dafe52e8cf1a041d898cfb304a485fa05e5f58fb
GHSA-pj5x-38rw-6fph https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pj5x-38rw-6fph
GHSA-pj5x-38rw-6fph Advisory https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-pj5x-38rw-6fph
openclaw-command-injection-via-unescaped-environment-variables-in-windows-scheduled-task Advisory https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-command-injection-via-unescaped-environment-variables-in-windows-scheduled-task
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-22176.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-03-23T16:44:22Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/22xxx/CVE-2026-22176.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-22176

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]