Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.11


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15523466
  • published13 Mar 2026
  • disclosed13 Mar 2026
  • credittdjackey

Introduced: 13 Mar 2026

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.3.11 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 the system.run process. An attacker can execute unintended local code as the runtime user by modifying an approved local script after approval but before execution.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1