OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 Denial of Service
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 contains an allocation of resources without limits vulnerability in the gateway WebSocket transport that allows connected gateways to exhaust node memory. Attackers can send an unending sequence of WebSocket continuation frames without EndOfMessage to cause unbounded memory growth until the node process crashes.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA OpenClaw Windows Node (OpenClaw) Fixed in 2026.7.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
OpenClaw Windows Node 2026.7.1
4 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 3 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-65190 OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 Remote Code Execution via system.execApprovals.setPriority HIGH 73
- TI-2026-65188 OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 Authorization BypassPriority HIGH 73
- TI-2026-65192 OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 Remote Code Execution via Environment OverridePriority HIGH 69
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-101881
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xxhw-cvh5-24pv
References
Patch 1
More OpenClaw vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-07590 Crabbox < v0.12.0 Environment Variable Information Disclosure CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-25309 OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 Media Parsing Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-65190 OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 Remote Code Execution via system.execApprovals.set CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-65188 OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 Authorization Bypass 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-101881 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-101881 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xxhw-cvh5-24pv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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