OpenClaw up to 2026.3.10 toctou

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenClaw up to 2026.3.10. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to toctou. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-32979. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenClaw up to 2026.3.10. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a toctou vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-367. The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an approval integrity vulnerability allowing attackers to execute rewritten local code by modifying scripts between approval and execution when exact file binding cannot occur. Remote attackers can change approved local scripts before execution to achieve unintended code execution as the OpenClaw runtime user.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-32979 since 03/17/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 2026.3.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-17018). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Toctou
CWE: CWE-367 / CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenClaw 2026.3.11

Timelineinfo

03/17/2026 CVE reserved
03/29/2026 +12 days Advisory disclosed
03/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-xf99-j42q-5w5p
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-32979 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-32979
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-354122
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/29/2026 17:53
Updated: 03/29/2026 18:36
Changes: 03/29/2026 17:53 (75), 03/29/2026 18:36 (1)
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