OpenClaw — Command Injection (CVE-2026-25593)
Date: 2026-02
Affected: openclaw/openclaw
Attack vector: command-injection
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: High
CVE: CVE-2026-25593
CWE: CWE-306
CWE-78
CVSS: 8.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. Prior to 2026.1.20, an unauthenticated local client could use the Gateway WebSocket API to write config via config.apply and set unsafe cliPath values that were later used for command discovery, enabling command injection as the gateway user. This vulnerability is fixed in 2026.1.20.


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