Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.28-beta.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15865013
  • published1 Apr 2026
  • disclosed31 Mar 2026
  • credittopsec-bunney

Introduced: 31 Mar 2026

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.3.28-beta.1 or higher.

Overview

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Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via unbounded concurrent unauthenticated WebSocket upgrades before session authentication. An attacker can exhaust socket and worker resources by initiating numerous unauthenticated WebSocket upgrade requests, leading to disruption of service for legitimate users.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1