CVE-2026-32018 — OpenClaw < 2026.2.19 - Race Condition in Sandbox Registry Write Operations

Affected: OpenClaw

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.19 contain a race condition vulnerability in concurrent updateRegistry and removeRegistryEntry operations for sandbox containers and browsers. Attackers can exploit unsynchronized read-modify-write operations without locking to cause registry updates to lose data, resurrect removed entries, or corrupt sandbox state affecting list, prune, and recreate operations.

GHSA-gq83-8q7q-9hfx — OpenClaw's serialize sandbox registry writes to prevent races and delete-rollback corruption

Affected: npm: openclaw

## Impact

Concurrent `updateRegistry`/`removeRegistryEntry` operations for sandbox containers and browsers could lose updates or resurrect removed entries under race conditions.

The registry writes were read-modify-write in a window with no locking and permissive fallback parsing, so concurrent registry updates could produce stale snapshots and overwrite each other.

That desyncs sandbox state and can affect `sandbox list`, `sandbox prune`, and `sandbox recreate --all` behavior.

## Affected Packages / Versions

- Package: `openclaw` (npm) - Affected versions: `<= 2026.2.17` - Patched versions: `2026.2.18`

## Fix Commit(s)

- `cc29be8c9`

OpenClaw thanks @kexinoh for reporting.

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CVE-2026-32018 — OpenClaw < 2026.2.19 - Race Condition in Sandbox Registry Write Operations

GHSA-gq83-8q7q-9hfx — OpenClaw's serialize sandbox registry writes to prevent races and delete-rollback corruption