#VU125068 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in OpenClaw - CVE-2026-27545
Published: April 7, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU125068
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-27545
CWE-ID: CWE-367
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenClaw
OpenClaw
Software vendor:
OpenClaw
OpenClaw
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute an approved command from a different filesystem location.
The vulnerability exists due to time-of-check time-of-use race condition in the node system.run approval context for cwd handling when rebinding a writable parent symlink in cwd between approval and execution. A remote user can change a mutable parent symlink while preserving the visible cwd string to execute an approved command from a different filesystem location.
The issue affects host=node executions.
Remediation
Install security update from vendor's website.