OpenClaw < 2026.2.14 - Denial of Service via Unbounded URL-backed Media Fetch
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the fetchWithGuard function that allocates entire response payloads in memory before enforcing maxBytes limits. Remote attackers can trigger memory exhaustion by serving oversized responses without content-length headers to cause availability loss.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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 2026.2.14 | 2026.2.14 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | openclaw (npm) | before 2026.2.14 | 2026.2.14 | Patch available | GHSA-j27p-hq53-9wgc |
- OpenClaw VendorOpenClaw Affected before 2026.2.14 Fixed in 2026.2.14 Patch available CNA
- openclaw (npm) Vendor— Affected before 2026.2.14 Fixed in 2026.2.14 Patch available GHSA-j27p-hq53-9wgc
Remediation
- Fix · CNA OpenClaw (OpenClaw) Fixed in 2026.2.14
- Fix · GHSA-j27p-hq53-9wgc openclaw (npm) Fixed in 2026.2.14 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
OpenClaw 2026.2.14
20 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 6 MEDIUM, 14 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-23345 OpenClaw < 2026.2.14 - Local File Inclusion via mediaPath Parameter in BlueBubbles Media HandlingPriority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2026-22738 OpenClaw < 2026.2.14 - Cross-Account Policy Context Misrouting via Shared Webhook Path AmbiguityPriority MEDIUM 42
- TI-2026-22667 OpenClaw < 2026.2.14 - Privilege Escalation in Slack Slash Command Handler via Direct MessagesPriority MEDIUM 42
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-29609
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j27p-hq53-9wgc
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
References
Patch 1
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-2026-29609 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-29609 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j27p-hq53-9wgc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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