Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Affecting openclaw package, versions >=2026.3.31 <2026.4.10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-16109685
  • published19 Apr 2026
  • disclosed17 Apr 2026
  • creditzsxsoft zsx

Introduced: 17 Apr 2026

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

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.4.10 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 due to missed detection of local async exec completion events during heartbeat owner downgrade. An attacker can maintain a process in a more privileged context than intended by providing untrusted completion content.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1