Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.31-beta.1
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- published4 Apr 2026
- disclosed3 Apr 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 3 Apr 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 2026.3.31-beta.1 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 readFile process of the remote file system bridge due to a time-of-check to time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to files outside the intended sandbox by exploiting the window between the path validation and the actual file read operation.