Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.2.26
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- published3 Mar 2026
- disclosed2 Mar 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 2 Mar 2026
CVE-2026-27545 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.2.26 or higher.
Overview
openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in the host=node executions. An attacker can execute commands from an unintended filesystem location by rebinding a writable parent symlink in cwd between approval and execution, thereby bypassing intended approval context.