Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.11
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- published15 Mar 2026
- disclosed13 Mar 2026
- creditQi Deng
Introduced: 13 Mar 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-367 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.3.11 or higher.
Overview
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Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition through the writeFile commit path. An attacker can cause files to be written outside the intended sandbox path by exploiting a race condition between path validation and the final file move operation.