Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.2-beta.1
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- published4 Mar 2026
- disclosed3 Mar 2026
- creditBaozongwi'xd
Introduced: 3 Mar 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-409 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.3.2-beta.1 or higher.
Overview
openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) in the skills-install-download process when handling .tar.bz2 archives due to bypassed archive safety parity checks. An attacker can cause local resource exhaustion and impact system availability by submitting specially crafted .tar.bz2 archives during skill installation.