How broadly exploitable is this vulnerability?

Exploitation is local in scope: an attacker must already have the ability to influence or control the arguments used when OpenClaw generates gateway.cmd scheduled task scripts. Where that control exists and tasks run with elevated privileges, the impact can be significant.

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this?

The attacker needs local access sufficient to provide or modify the script-generation parameters—this might be via a local account, a misconfigured service interface, or another local process under their control. Remote exploitation would generally require an additional weakness that exposes these arguments across trust boundaries.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

The safest pattern is to avoid constructing shell commands from untrusted data altogether, invoking target executables directly through process APIs with structured arguments. If gateway.cmd files must remain, their contents should be fixed templates that invoke binaries with pre-defined argument positions and rigorously escaped, strictly validated parameters.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.1)

Command Injection (CWE-78) in OpenClaw Windows Scheduled Task Script Generation

CVE-2026-31994

Published:

Mar 18, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

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Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

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Source

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Vulnerability Type

Category:

Command Injection

CWE:

CWE-78

Impact:

Local Command Execution / Privilege Escalation

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Command Injection

CWE:

CWE-78

Impact:

Local Command Execution / Privilege Escalation

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Command Injection (CWE-78) in OpenClaw Windows Scheduled Task Script Generation

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

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(8.6)

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HIGH

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