{"id":"CVE-2026-22168","aliases":["GHSA-5v6x-rfc3-7qfr"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-22168","summary":"OpenClaw < 2026.2.21 - Command Injection via cmd.exe /c Trailing Arguments in system.run","details":"### Summary\nA Windows `system.run` approval-integrity mismatch in the `cmd.exe /c` path could allow trailing arguments to execute while approval/audit text reflected only a benign command string.\n\nThis requires an authenticated operator context using the approvals flow and a trusted Windows node.\n\n### Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Latest published vulnerable version (as of 2026-02-21): `2026.2.19-2`\n- Vulnerable range: `<=2026.2.19-2`\n- Patched version (planned next release): `2026.2.21`\n\n### Attack Scenario\n1. An authenticated operator approval is created for a benign command text (for example, `echo`).\n2. A `system.run` request uses `cmd.exe /c` with extra trailing arguments.\n3. Prior behavior could bind approval/audit text to the benign command while still executing the full argument tail on the node.\n\n### Impact\n- Local command execution on the trusted Windows node process account.\n- Approval/audit command text integrity mismatch.\n\n### Fix\n- Canonicalize the full command tail after `cmd.exe /c`.\n- Reuse one shared command canonicalization/validation path for validation, approval matching, and execution/audit text.\n- Add regression coverage for trailing-argument smuggling and approval binding.\n\n### Fix Commit(s)\n- `6007941f04df1edcca679dd6c95949744fdbd4df`\n\n### Release Process Note\n`patched_versions` is pre-set to the planned next release (`2026.2.21`). Once that npm release is live, this advisory can be published directly.\n\nOpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.","published":"2026-03-18T01:34:16.700Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:28.863126737Z","cvss":null,"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"openclaw","fixedVersion":"2026.2.21"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/6007941f04df1edcca679dd6c95949744fdbd4df","label":"openclaw/openclaw@6007941"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/22xxx/CVE-2026-22168.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-5v6x-rfc3-7qfr"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22168"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-command-injection-via-cmd-exe-c-trailing-arguments-in-system-run"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/6007941f04df1edcca679dd6c95949744fdbd4df"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:28.863126737Z"}}