{"id":"GHSA-5v6x-rfc3-7qfr","summary":"OpenClaw has Windows system.run approval mismatch on cmd.exe /c trailing arguments","details":"### Summary\nA Windows `system.run` approval-integrity mismatch in the `cmd.exe /c` path could allow trailing arguments to execute while approval/audit text reflected only a benign command string.\n\nThis requires an authenticated operator context using the approvals flow and a trusted Windows node.\n\n### Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Latest published vulnerable version (as of 2026-02-21): `2026.2.19-2`\n- Vulnerable range: `\u003c=2026.2.19-2`\n- Patched version (planned next release): `2026.2.21`\n\n### Attack Scenario\n1. An authenticated operator approval is created for a benign command text (for example, `echo`).\n2. A `system.run` request uses `cmd.exe /c` with extra trailing arguments.\n3. Prior behavior could bind approval/audit text to the benign command while still executing the full argument tail on the node.\n\n### Impact\n- Local command execution on the trusted Windows node process account.\n- Approval/audit command text integrity mismatch.\n\n### Fix\n- Canonicalize the full command tail after `cmd.exe /c`.\n- Reuse one shared command canonicalization/validation path for validation, approval matching, and execution/audit text.\n- Add regression coverage for trailing-argument smuggling and approval binding.\n\n### Fix Commit(s)\n- `6007941f04df1edcca679dd6c95949744fdbd4df`\n\n### Release Process Note\n`patched_versions` is pre-set to the planned next release (`2026.2.21`). Once that npm release is live, this advisory can be published directly.\n\nOpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.","aliases":["CVE-2026-22168"],"modified":"2026-03-19T21:32:29.153592Z","published":"2026-03-02T22:15:53Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed_at":"2026-03-02T22:15:53Z","nvd_published_at":"2026-03-18T02:16:20Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-863","CWE-88"],"severity":"HIGH","github_reviewed":true},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-5v6x-rfc3-7qfr"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22168"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/6007941f04df1edcca679dd6c95949744fdbd4df"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-command-injection-via-cmd-exe-c-trailing-arguments-in-system-run"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openclaw","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/openclaw"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.2.21"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-5v6x-rfc3-7qfr/GHSA-5v6x-rfc3-7qfr.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}