OpenClaw's sandbox config hash sorted primitive arrays and suppressed needed container recreation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. Prior to version 2026.2.15, `normalizeForHash` in `src/agents/sandbox/config-hash.ts` recursively sorted arrays that contained only primitive values. This made order-sensitive sandbox configuration arrays hash to the same value even when order changed. In OpenClaw sandbox flows, this hash is used to decide whether existing sandbox containers should be recreated. As a result, order-only config changes (for example Docker `dns` and `binds` array order) could be treated as unchanged and stale containers could be reused. This is a configuration integrity issue affecting sandbox recreation behavior. Starting in version 2026.2.15, array ordering is preserved during hash normalization; only object key ordering remains normalized for deterministic hashing.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenClaw | openclaw | before 2026.2.15 | 2026.2.15 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | openclaw (npm) | before 2026.2.15 | 2026.2.15 | Patch available | GHSA-xxvh-5hwj-42pp |
- openclaw VendorOpenClaw Affected before 2026.2.15 Fixed in 2026.2.15 Patch available CNA
- openclaw (npm) Vendor— Affected before 2026.2.15 Fixed in 2026.2.15 Patch available GHSA-xxvh-5hwj-42pp
Remediation
- Fix · CNA openclaw (openclaw) Fixed in 2026.2.15
- Fix · GHSA-xxvh-5hwj-42pp openclaw (npm) Fixed in 2026.2.15 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-27007
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xxvh-5hwj-42pp
References
Patch 2
More Openclaw vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-25309 OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 Media Parsing Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-20394 Exposure of resource to wrong sphere in OpenClaw CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-27742 OpenClaw < 2026.3.24 - Arbitrary Code Execution via .npmrc in Local Plugin/Hook Installation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2026-27766 OpenClaw < 2026.3.24 - Denial of Service via Feishu Webhook Pre-Auth Body Parsing CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-07315 OpenClaw bluebubbles Webhook monitor.ts handleBlueBubblesWebhookRequest improper authentication CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-17789 OpenClaw < 2026.2.22 - Allowlist Bypass via Command Substitution in system.run CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-27007 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-27007 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xxvh-5hwj-42pp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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