# CVE-2026-41296

> Vulnerability · severity: **HIGH** (CVSS 8.2).

## Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use race condition in the remote filesystem bridge readFile function that allows sandbox escape. Attackers can exploit the separate path validation and file read operations to bypass sandbox restrictions and read arbitrary files.

## Key facts

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-41296
- **Published:** 2026-04-21
- **CVSS severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS base score:** 8.2
- **CWE codes:** CWE-367

## Affected products

- `openclaw:openclaw`

## Primary sources

- NIST NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41296

## Citation

> AI Analytics. CVE-2026-41296. Retrieved 2026-07-15 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cve/CVE-2026-41296. Derived from NIST NVD. Licensed CC0.

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