What is CVE-2026-22217?

CVE-2026-22217 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-03-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-22217?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openclaw

CVE-2026-22217

OpenClaw version 2026.2.22 prior to 2026.2.23 contains 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…

EPSS: 0.000 (4.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Openclaw — versions 2026.2.22

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-829 — Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Patch, patch)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-22217?: CVE-2026-22217 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-22217?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.