Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.2.25


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15372400
  • published4 Mar 2026
  • disclosed3 Mar 2026
  • credittdjackey

Introduced: 3 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-32043  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.2.25 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 via system.run when a mutable symlink is used as the cwd target between approval and execution. An attacker can execute commands in an unintended directory by altering the symlink after approval but before execution.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1