OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.15 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the web_fetch tool that allows attackers to crash the Gateway process through memory exhaustion by parsing oversized or deeply nested HTML responses. Remote attackers can social-engineer users into fetching malicious URLs with pathological HTML structures to exhaust server memory and cause service unavailability.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p536-vvpp-9mc8 OpenClaw has a Web Fetch DoS via unbounded response parsing
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History

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Thu, 05 Mar 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Description OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.15 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the web_fetch tool that allows attackers to crash the Gateway process through memory exhaustion by parsing oversized or deeply nested HTML responses. Remote attackers can social-engineer users into fetching malicious URLs with pathological HTML structures to exhaust server memory and cause service unavailability.
Title OpenClaw < 2026.2.15 - Denial of Service via Unbounded Response Parsing in web_fetch Tool
First Time appeared Openclaw
Openclaw openclaw
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Openclaw
Openclaw openclaw
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-05T22:27:47.453Z

Reserved: 2026-02-27T15:15:57.473Z

Link: CVE-2026-28394

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-05T22:16:15.973

Modified: 2026-03-05T23:16:21.150

Link: CVE-2026-28394

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