CVE-2026-35640 PUBLISHED

OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Denial of Service via Unauthenticated Webhook Request Parsing

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 04.04.2026 Published: 09.04.2026 Updated: 10.04.2026

OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 parses JSON request bodies before validating webhook signatures, allowing unauthenticated attackers to force resource-intensive parsing operations. Remote attackers can send malicious webhook requests to trigger denial of service by exhausting server resources through forced JSON parsing before signature rejection.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.9

Product Status

Vendor OpenClaw
Product OpenClaw
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2026.3.25 (excl.)
  • Version 2026.3.25 is unaffected

Credits

  • tdjackey reporter

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-696: Incorrect Behavior Order CWE