GHSA-5h3g-6xhh-rg6pMediumCVSS 5.3

OpenClaw: OpenShell FS bridge reads pin and verify the opened file before returning bytes

Published
May 4, 2026
Last Modified
May 12, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 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.

🎯 Affected products1

  • npm/openclaw:<= 2026.4.21

🔗 References (5)