CVE-2026-29609 PUBLISHED

OpenClaw < 2026.2.14 - Denial of Service via Unbounded URL-backed Media Fetch

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 04.03.2026 Published: 05.03.2026 Updated: 09.03.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor OpenClaw
Product OpenClaw
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2026.2.14 (excl.)

Credits

  • Vincent Koc (@vincentkoc) reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE