CVE-2026-100597

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-26. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: <0.1%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

OpenClaw (npm package 'openclaw') before 2026.7.1 is vulnerable to a time-of-check time-of-use race condition in OpenShell local mirror filesystem mutation operations. The remove, mkdir, and rename operations could act on a different filesystem target after OpenClaw completed its sandbox path-safety check, if the path is changed concurrently. An attacker able to win the race can cause a sandboxed operation to delete, create, or rename a host path outside the intended mirror root with the permissions of the OpenClaw process user. This does not require an operator to have granted host filesystem access outside the sandbox. The issue is fixed in 2026.7.1.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
<0.1%
EPSS %ILE
below the 1st
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 26, 2026

Last Modified

September 30, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 26, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

OpenClaw before 2026.7.1 Path Traversal via Filesystem Race | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-before-2026.7.1-path-traversal-via-filesystem-race
github Patch Available

OpenShell filesystem mutations could race path validation · Advisory · openclaw/openclaw · GitHub

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-crg9-c62w-j2p5

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-100597(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 24× in last 7d / 35× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-05 01:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-04 12:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 00:56 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-04 00:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-10-03 13:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-03 01:03 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-03 01:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-02 13:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-02 01:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-01 13:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-01 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-30 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-30 01:30 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-30 01:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-30 00:37 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-30 00:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-29 15:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-29 03:25 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-29 03:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-28 15:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-28 14:59 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-28 14:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-28 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-28 03:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-27 15:08 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-27 15:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-27 03:12 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-27 03:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-26 15:16 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-26 15:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-26 03:22 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-26 02:30 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-26 02:29 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-100597?
CVE-2026-100597 is a high vulnerability published on September 26, 2026. OpenClaw (npm package 'openclaw') before 2026.7.1 is vulnerable to a time-of-check time-of-use race condition in OpenShell local mirror filesystem mutation operations. The remove, mkdir, and rename operations could act on a different filesystem target after OpenClaw completed its sandbox…
When was CVE-2026-100597 disclosed?
CVE-2026-100597 was first published on September 26, 2026, with the most recent update on September 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-100597 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-100597 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a <0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (below the 1st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-100597?
CVE-2026-100597 has a CVSS base score of 7.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-100597?
A fix for CVE-2026-100597 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-100597 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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