CVE-2026-22168: Openclaw

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 command. Attackers can smuggle malicious arguments through cmd.exe /c to achieve local command execution on trusted Windows nodes with mismatched audit logs.

Affected products

• Openclaw Openclaw: before 2026.2.21 (fixed in 2026.2.21)

Published 2026-03-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.