Description
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.1 fail to enforce sandbox inheritance during cross-agent sessions_spawn operations, allowing sandboxed sessions to create child processes under unsandboxed agents. An attacker with a sandboxed session can exploit this to spawn child runtimes with sandbox.mode set to off, bypassing runtime confinement restrictions.
Published: 2026-03-21
Score: 7.7 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Sandbox escape allowing unsandboxed child runtime creation
Action: Patch immediately
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p7gr-f84w-hqg5 OpenClaw's sandboxed sessions_spawn now enforces sandbox inheritance for cross-agent spawns
History

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.1 fail to enforce sandbox inheritance during cross-agent sessions_spawn operations, allowing sandboxed sessions to create child processes under unsandboxed agents. An attacker with a sandboxed session can exploit this to spawn child runtimes with sandbox.mode set to off, bypassing runtime confinement restrictions.
Title OpenClaw < 2026.3.1 - Sandbox Escape via Cross-Agent sessions_spawn
First Time appeared Openclaw
Openclaw openclaw
Weaknesses CWE-732
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Openclaw
Openclaw openclaw
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Openclaw Openclaw
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-24T13:43:24.405Z

Reserved: 2026-03-10T19:48:47.514Z

Link: CVE-2026-32048

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-24T13:43:05.377Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-21T01:17:07.510

Modified: 2026-03-24T19:13:59.783

Link: CVE-2026-32048

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-25T14:33:26Z

Weaknesses