Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.5.18


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.96% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-17339816
  • published15 Jun 2026
  • disclosed12 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-53822  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.5.18 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 shell wrapper argv. An attacker can execute unauthorized commands by modifying command arguments after allowlist approval but before execution.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1