Resource Exhaustion Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.5.28-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-OPENCLAW-17351512
  • published17 Jun 2026
  • disclosed17 Jun 2026

Introduced: 17 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-48988  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest openclaw to version 2026.5.28-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openclaw package and not the openclaw package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

markdown-it is a Markdown parser. Versions 14.1.1 and below contain a denial-of-service vulnerability when typographer: true is enabled, due to quadratic (O(n^2)) processing in the smartquotes rule. The issue stems from repeatedly modifying strings with replaceAt(), which performs O(n) slicing and concatenation per quote character. This can cause excessive CPU consumption when parsing quote-heavy, user-supplied markdown and may let attackers degrade or disrupt service availability. Although typographer is disabled by default, many production apps enable it for smart typography, making the issue relevant. This issue has been fixed in version 14.2.0.