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.
CVE-2026-100597
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.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
- EG Score
- 7.8HIGHhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 35EG 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 computedSeverity78% × 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, 2026OpenClaw 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-raceOpenShell filesystem mutations could race path validation · Advisory · openclaw/openclaw · GitHub
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-crg9-c62w-j2p5Vendor 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)
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- 2026-10-05 01:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-10-03 01:03 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-30 01:30 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-30 00:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-29 15:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-29 03:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-29 03:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-28 15:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-28 14:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-28 14:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-28 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-28 03:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-09-27 15:08 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-27 03:12 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-26 15:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-26 15:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-26 03:22 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-26 02:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-26 02:29 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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