OpenClaw is vulnerable to unauthenticated resource exhaustion through its voice call webhook handling

Description

Summary

Voice Call webhook handling buffered request bodies before provider signature checks, enabling bounded unauthenticated resource exhaustion.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Affected: < 2026.3.22
  • Fixed: >= 2026.3.22
  • Latest released tag checked: v2026.3.23-2 (630f1479c44f78484dfa21bb407cbe6f171dac87)
  • Latest published npm version checked: 2026.3.23-2

Fix Commit(s)

  • 651dc7450b68a5396a009db78ef9382633707ead

Release Status

The fix shipped in v2026.3.22 and remains present in v2026.3.23 and v2026.3.23-2.

Code-Level Confirmation

  • extensions/voice-call/src/webhook.ts now enforces header gating and shared pre-auth body caps before reading attacker-controlled request bodies.
  • extensions/voice-call/src/webhook.test.ts ships regression coverage for missing-signature, oversize, and timeout pre-auth webhook cases.

OpenClaw thanks @SEORY0 for reporting.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
Advisory on GitHub
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Source code
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Published (advisory)
2026-03-26 19:50:41 UTC
Updated
2026-04-10 20:19:04 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2026-03-26 19:50:41 UTC

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.09% 24.86%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
6.6 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:N)
No confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:N)
No integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:H)
High availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.
Exploit maturity (threat) (E:U)
Unreported: no public PoC, no reported exploitation, and no known simplification tools.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Credits

  • SEORY0 (reporter)

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
npm openclaw < 2026.3.22 2026.3.22

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence