openclaw/openclaw · Security
OpenClaw: OpenShell FS bridge reads pin and verify the opened file before returning bytes
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-5h3g-6xhh-rg6p
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-44113
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 5.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 5.3 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v4
- 6 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Description
Summary
OpenShell FS bridge reads pin and verify the opened file before returning bytes
Affected Packages / Versions
- Package: openclaw (npm)
- Affected versions: <= 2026.4.21
- Fixed version: 2026.4.22
Impact
A time-of-check/time-of-use race around OpenShell sandbox filesystem reads could let a symlink swap cause bytes outside the intended mount root to be read.
Fix
OpenShell reads now open the file with no-follow semantics where available, validate the pinned file descriptor against the canonical mount root, reject unsafe hardlink/symlink cases, and use a strict fallback ancestor walk on platforms without fd-path readback.
Fix Commit(s)
- 95119017c847c737bd113f0bff728c4666d79c45
Verification
- The fix commit is contained in the public v2026.4.22 tag.
- [email protected] is published on npm and the compiled package contains the fix.
- Focused regression coverage for this path passed before publication.
Thanks @VladimirEliTokarev for reporting.
CWEs
- CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
References
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-5h3g-6xhh-rg6p ↗
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/95119017c847c737bd113f0bff728c4666d79c45 ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44113 ↗
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-time-of-check-time-of-use-race-condition-in-openshell-fs-bridge ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5h3g-6xhh-rg6p ↗