Race condition in OpenClaw - CVE-2026-32018

 

Race condition in OpenClaw - CVE-2026-32018

Published: May 4, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU129419
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-32018
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenClaw
Affected software:
OpenClaw

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause sandbox state corruption.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in sandbox registry write operations when processing concurrent updateRegistry and removeRegistryEntry operations. A local user can trigger concurrent registry updates to cause sandbox state corruption.

The issue can lead to lost updates or resurrection of removed entries and can affect sandbox list, sandbox prune, and sandbox recreate --all behavior.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-32018

Install security update from vendor's website.

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