TC-2026-0026 · GH · PACKAGE

openclaw/[email protected]

CVE-2026-25157 (CVSS 7.8): OS command injection in OpenClaw macOS SSH remote project path handling and node-host ProxyCommand.

Signed ledger verdict

TC-2026-0026
Known bad (exit 2) gh:openclaw/[email protected]

IOC & scope: gh:openclaw/[email protected] (CVE-2026-25157). Verified by human review and signed into the CC-BY 4.0 OSV v1.6.0 feed.

Recorded timestamp
2026-02-06
Canonical SHA-256
e6fe53248f23928e…
Local hook action
Block (exit 2)
01 8-Vector Capability X-Ray (ABOM) & OWASP Agentic Crosswalk

Deterministic capability profile and taxonomy mapping.

Every artifact in the threat.cafe ledger is profiled across eight execution vectors and mapped to the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications (ASI01-ASI10) and Agentic Skills & Tools (AST01-AST10).

8-Vector Capability X-Ray (ABOM)

  1. 1. Filesystem
    Sensitive paths touched: ~/.ssh/config
  2. 2. Environment
    Variables harvested: None observed
  3. 3. Network
    Outbound egress domains: None observed
  4. 4. Subprocess
    Process execution primitives: ssh -o ProxyCommand=...
  5. 5. Lifecycle
    Install / startup hooks: None observed
  6. 6. OAuth / MCP
    Declared scopes: None observed
  7. 7. Obfuscation
    Encoding / steganography: None observed
  8. 8. Provenance
    Attestation status: vulnerable_release_cve_2026_25157

Governance & detector mapping

  1. OWASP Agentic ASI (2026): ASI02 (Tool Misuse & Exploitation), ASI05 (Unexpected Code Execution (RCE))
  2. OWASP Agentic AST (2026): AST02 (Tool & Skill Injection), AST05 (Sandbox Escape & Local Execution)
  3. Deterministic rules matched: RULE_05_PROMPT_EXFIL_SHELL

Version scoping & related records

Local CLI verification

$ threat-cafe-hook check "gh:openclaw/[email protected]"
[threat.cafe] known_bad: gh:openclaw/[email protected] (TC-2026-0026)
  Reason: CVE-2026-25157 (CVSS 7.8): OS command injection in OpenClaw macOS SSH remote project path 
  Source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25157 (credited to GitHub Security Advisory)

OSV v1.6.0 machine-readable record

Included in /feed.json under CC-BY 4.0 license and verified by /feed.json.sig.

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  "schema_version": "1.6.0",
  "id": "TC-2026-0026",
  "modified": "2026-02-06T10:00:00Z",
  "published": "2026-02-06T10:00:00Z",
  "summary": "CVE-2026-25157 (CVSS 7.8): OS command injection in OpenClaw macOS SSH remote project path handling and node-host ProxyCommand.",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "gh",
        "name": "openclaw/openclaw"
      },
      "versions": [
        "2026.2.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "GitHub Security Advisory",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25157"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://threat.cafe/incidents/tc-2026-0026/"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "target": "gh:openclaw/[email protected]",
    "kind": "package",
    "verdict": "known_bad",
    "ioc": "gh:openclaw/[email protected] (CVE-2026-25157)",
    "artifact_sha256": "e6fe53248f23928ead2712a74a6c1f6be8e0a992bde36027865747be4e07f2ad",
    "owasp_asi": [
      "ASI02",
      "ASI05"
    ],
    "owasp_ast": [
      "AST02",
      "AST05"
    ],
    "rules_matched": [
      "RULE_05_PROMPT_EXFIL_SHELL"
    ],
    "abom": {
      "fs_sensitive": [
        "~/.ssh/config"
      ],
      "env_harvest": [],
      "net_egress": [],
      "proc_exec": [
        "ssh -o ProxyCommand=..."
      ],
      "install_hooks": [],
      "oauth_scopes": [],
      "obfuscation": [],
      "provenance": "vulnerable_release_cve_2026_25157"
    },
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "record_digest": "sha256:165b85273acc68c66ba9e5d4c7f160181905c02450a47a3225574d856a0560e1",
    "release_signature_url": "https://threat.cafe/feed.json.sig"
  }
}

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