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.
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11 Mar 2026, 01:03
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| References | () https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/00a08908892d1743d1fc52e5cbd9499dd5da2fe0 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-j27p-hq53-9wgc - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-denial-of-service-via-unbounded-url-backed-media-fetch - Third Party Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* |
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| References | () https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-j27p-hq53-9wgc - |
09 Mar 2026, 13:36
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Information
Published : 2026-03-05 22:16
Updated : 2026-03-11 01:03
NVD link : CVE-2026-29609
Mitre link : CVE-2026-29609
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-29609
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Products Affected
openclaw
- openclaw
CWE
CWE-770
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
