Untrusted Search Path Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.2.22
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15372601
- published4 Mar 2026
- disclosed3 Mar 2026
- creditAthul Jayaram
Introduced: 3 Mar 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-426 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
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How to fix?
Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.2.22 or higher.
Overview
openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Untrusted Search Path through the SHELL environment variable fallback. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands by supplying a malicious path in the SHELL environment variable, which is then invoked without validation.