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CVE-2026-41296 Detail

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use race condition in the remote filesystem bridge readFile function that allows sandbox escape. Attackers can exploit the separate path validation and file read operations to bypass sandbox restrictions and read arbitrary files.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulnCheck
CVSS-B 8.8 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/121870a08583033ed6a0ed73d9ffea32991252bb VulnCheck
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-9p3r-hh9g-5cmg VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-sandbox-escape-via-toctou-race-in-remote-fs-bridge-readfile VulnCheck

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition VulnCheck  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-41296
NVD Published Date:
04/20/2026
NVD Last Modified:
04/20/2026
Source:
VulnCheck