AVID-2026-R0239

Description

OpenClaw’s sandbox config hash sorted primitive arrays and suppressed needed container recreation (CVE-2026-27007)

Details

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.

References

Affected or Relevant Artifacts

Developer: openclaw
Deployer: openclaw
Artifact Details:

Type	Name
System	openclaw

Impact

AVID Taxonomy Categorization

Risk domains: Security
SEP subcategories: S0100: Software Vulnerability
Lifecycle stages: L06: Deployment

CWE

ID	Description
CWE-1254	CWE-1254: Incorrect Comparison Logic Granularity

Other information

Report Type: Advisory
Credits:
Date Reported: 2026-02-19
Version: 0.3.2
AVID Entry