Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable over the network?

The vulnerability, as described, is exploitable by unauthenticated *local* clients that can reach the Gateway WebSocket API. Remote exploitation would generally require an additional vector to gain local code execution or the ability to connect to the local endpoint.

What level of access does an attacker need?

An attacker needs the ability to establish a WebSocket connection to the Gateway on the affected system. No authentication is required on the vulnerable endpoint, so any local user or process with network access to that socket may attempt exploitation.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

Enforce strong authentication and authorization for configuration-changing operations, and ensure that configuration values cannot directly dictate which commands or binaries are executed. Paths like `cliPath` should be constrained to vetted options, and command execution should avoid shells and string concatenation.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.4)

Command Injection via Unsafe Configuration (CWE-78) in OpenClaw Gateway WebSocket API

CVE-2026-25593

Published:

Feb 6, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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HIGH RISK

HIGH

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Remote Code Execution on the Server Host

February 17, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Command Injection

CWE:

CWE-78;CWE-306

Impact:

Arbitrary Command Execution as Gateway User

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.4)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Command Injection

CWE:

CWE-78;CWE-306

Impact:

Arbitrary Command Execution as Gateway User

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.4)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Command Injection via Unsafe Configuration (CWE-78) in OpenClaw Gateway WebSocket API

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Missing Authentication for Forgot-Password Email Change API (CWE-306)

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

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