OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.22 contain an allowlist bypass vulnerability in system.run that allows attackers to execute non-allowlisted commands by splitting command substitution using shell line-continuation characters. Attackers can bypass security analysis by injecting $\ followed by a newline and opening parenthesis inside double quotes, causing the shell to fold the line continuation into executable command substitution that circumvents approval boundaries.
{
"cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-78"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/28xxx/CVE-2026-28460.json"
}{
"source": [
"CPE_RANGE",
"REFERENCES"
],
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2026.2.22"
}
],
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*"
}