OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. Prior to version 2026.1.29, there is an OS command injection vulnerability via the Project Root Path in sshNodeCommand. The sshNodeCommand function constructed a shell script without properly escaping the user-supplied project path in an error message. When the cd command failed, the unescaped path was interpolated directly into an echo statement, allowing arbitrary command execution on the remote SSH host. The parseSSHTarget function did not validate that SSH target strings could not begin with a dash. An attacker-supplied target like -oProxyCommand=... would be interpreted as an SSH configuration flag rather than a hostname, allowing arbitrary command execution on the local machine. This issue has been patched in version 2026.1.29.

The version of the OpenClaw AI assistant installed on the remote host is prior to 2026.1.29. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A command injection vulnerability exists in OpenClaw's Docker sandbox execution mechanism due to unsafe     handling of the PATH environment variable when constructing shell commands. An authenticated user able to     control environment variables could influence command execution within the container context.
    (CVE-2026-24763)

  - The sshNodeCommand function constructed a shell script without properly escaping the user-supplied project     path in an error message. When the cd command failed, the unescaped path was interpolated directly into an     echo statement, allowing arbitrary command execution on the remote SSH host. The parseSSHTarget function     did not validate that SSH target strings could not begin with a dash. An attacker-supplied target like
    -oProxyCommand=... would be interpreted as an SSH configuration flag rather than a hostname, allowing     arbitrary command execution on the local machine. (CVE-2026-25157)

  - OpenClaw (aka clawdbot or Moltbot) before 2026.1.29 obtains a gatewayUrl value from a query string and     automatically makes a WebSocket connection without prompting, sending a token value. (CVE-2026-25253)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. Prior to version 2026.1.29, there is an OS command injection
    vulnerability via the Project Root Path in sshNodeCommand. The sshNodeCommand function constructed a shell
    script without properly escaping the user-supplied project path in an error message. When the cd command
    failed, the unescaped path was interpolated directly into an echo statement, allowing arbitrary command
    execution on the remote SSH host. The parseSSHTarget function did not validate that SSH target strings
    could not begin with a dash. An attacker-supplied target like -oProxyCommand=... would be interpreted as
    an SSH configuration flag rather than a hostname, allowing arbitrary command execution on the local
    machine. This issue has been patched in version 2026.1.29. (CVE-2026-25157)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
297816	OpenClaw < 2026.1.29 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Artificial Intelligence	high
437428	SCA: security update for clawdbot (GHSA-q284-4pvr-m585)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	high
437428	SCA: security update for clawdbot (GHSA-q284-4pvr-m585)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	high

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