What is CVE-2026-22168?

CVE-2026-22168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-03-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-22168?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openclaw

CVE-2026-22168

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.21 contain an approval-integrity mismatch vulnerability in system.run that allows authenticated operators to execute arbitrary trailing arguments after cmd.exe /c while approval text reflects only a benign…

EPSS: 0.001 (23.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Openclaw — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-88 — Argument Injection

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-5v6x-rfc3-7qfr) (third-party-advisory)
Patch Commit (patch)
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw <= 2026.2.19-2 - Command Injection via cmd.exe /c Trailing Arguments in system.run (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-22168?: CVE-2026-22168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-22168?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.