Sandbox state corruption via unlocked registry writes
Published Mar 19, 2026 · Updated Mar 19, 2026
Race condition in OpenClaw before 2026.2.19 allows local users to corrupt sandbox container and browser registry state. Concurrent updateRegistry and removeRegistryEntry calls read, modify, and overwrite shared registry snapshots without locking, allowing stale data to replace newer state. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and a successful race; it can lose updates, restore deleted entries, and disrupt list, prune, or recreate operations.
Summary
What happened
Race condition in OpenClaw before 2026.2.19 allows local users to corrupt sandbox container and browser registry state. Concurrent updateRegistry and removeRegistryEntry calls read, modify, and overwrite shared registry snapshots without locking, allowing stale data to replace newer state. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and a successful race; it can lose updates, restore deleted entries, and disrupt list, prune, or recreate operations.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-32018
- Published
- Mar 19, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 19, 2026
- Vendor
- OpenClaw Foundation
- Product
- OpenClaw
- Classifications
- CWE-362, T1565
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2026.2.19
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