FKIE_CVE-2026-35640

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-09 22:16 - Updated: 2026-04-09 22:16
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
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.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/5e8cb22176e9235e224be0bc530699261eb60e53
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-3h52-cx59-c456
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-denial-of-service-via-unauthenticated-webhook-request-parsing
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