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6.9

OpenClaw Sandbox Registry Can Lose Updates or Restore Deleted Entries

GHSA-gq83-8q7q-9hfx
Summary

The OpenClaw sandbox registry can become outdated or corrupted when multiple users update or delete entries at the same time. This can cause issues with listing, pruning, or recreating sandbox environments. To fix this, update to version 2026.2.18 or later.

What to do
  • Update openclaw to version 2026.2.19.
Affected software
VendorProductAffected versionsFix available
– openclaw <= 2026.2.19 2026.2.19
Original title
OpenClaw's serialize sandbox registry writes to prevent races and delete-rollback corruption
Original description
## 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.
ghsa CVSS4.0 6.9
Vulnerability type
CWE-362 Race Condition
Published: 3 Mar 2026 · Updated: 7 Mar 2026 · First seen: 6 Mar 2026