Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-32988

Title: Sandbox Boundary Bypass in OpenClaw fs-bridge

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-32988.

CWE Category CWE-367
Published Date Mar 31, 2026
Modified Date Apr 02, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.8 CVSS v4.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.08%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-32988: OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains a sandbox boundary bypass vulnerability in fs-bridge staged writes where temporary file creation and population are not pinned to a verified parent directory. Attackers can exploit a race condition in parent-path alias changes to write attacker-controlled bytes outside the intended validated path before the final guarded replace step executes.

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-mj4p-rc52-m843 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-sandbox-boundary-bypass-via-unvalidated-temporary-file-creation
CVSS v4.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
N/A
RAW VECTOR CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-32988 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

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Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.