mediumVulnerability
GHSA-f44p-c7w9-7xr7
## Summary The gateway accepted unbounded concurrent unauthenticated WebSocket upgrades before allocating them to an authenticated session budget. ## Impact An unauthenticated network attacker could consume socket and worker capacity and disrupt WebSocket availability for legitimate clients. ## Affected Component `src/gateway/server-http.ts, src/gateway/server/preauth-connection-budget.ts` ## Fixed Versions - Affected: `<= 2026.3.24` - Patched: `>= 2026.3.28` - Latest stable `2026.3.28` contains the fix. ## Fix Fixed by commit `cb5f7e201f` (`gateway: cap concurrent pre-auth websocket upgrades`). Discovered by:Topsec AlphaLab (wang dong)
Properties
- ghsa_id
- GHSA-f44p-c7w9-7xr7
- severity
- medium
- summary
- OpenClaw: Gateway WebSocket Denial of Service via unbounded pre-auth upgrades
- cve_id
- GHSA-f44p-c7w9-7xr7
- is_ghsa_only
- true
- ghsa_published
- 2026-03-31T23:54:00Z
- source_url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f44p-c7w9-7xr7
- ghsa_updated
- 2026-03-31T23:54:01Z
Related Entities (4)
AFFECTS (1)
→[Software]npm/OpenClaw
REPORTED_BY (1)
→[Source]GitHub Advisory Database
HAS_WEAKNESS (2)
→[Weakness]Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
→[Weakness]Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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