CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.1. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
Detected Signals
code execution
GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2026-22177
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.1
EPSS
0.37%
Original NVD Description
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.
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