Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-22217
OpenClaw version 2026.2.22 prior to 2026.2.23 contain 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 1.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.3
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