CVE-2026-22179 OpenClaw < 2026.2.22 - Allowlist Bypass via Command Substitution in system.run

What is CVE-2026-22179?

CVE-2026-22179 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 18 Mar 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.22 in macOS node-host system.run contain an allowlist bypass vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute non-allowlisted commands by exploiting improper parsing of command substitution tokens. Attackers can craft shell payloads with command substitution syntax within double-quoted text to bypass security restrictions and execute arbitrary commands on the system.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-22179?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including openclaw. It affects 1 product.

Products include Openclaw Openclaw.

How do I fix CVE-2026-22179?

Upgrade openclaw to 2026.2.22 or later.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2026-22179 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-22179 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Openclaw Openclaw

• CVE-2026-28363 Security feature bypass in OpenClaw Critical 9.9
• CVE-2026-30741 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-33579 OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Privilege Escalation via Missing Caller Scope Validation in Device Pair Approval Critical 9.4
• CVE-2026-32922 OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Scope in device.token.rotate Critical 9.4
• CVE-2026-32978 OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Approval Bypass via Unrecognized Script Runners Critical 9.4

All Openclaw Openclaw vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-9p38-94jf-hgjj, MINI-ccpf-qh27-2pgm.