OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 contains an allocation of resources without limits vulnerability in the gateway WebSocket transport that allows connected gateways to exhaust node memory. Attackers can send an unending sequence of WebSocket continuation frames without EndOfMessage to cause unbounded memory growth until the node process crashes.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-windows-node-before-2026.7.1-denial-of-service
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw-windows-node/security/advisories/GHSA-xxr2-xm56-9cw5
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw-windows-node/releases/tag/v2026.7.1
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw-windows-node/commit/1810e357aa0d0639099b347f31c746ba7d31512a
Published: 2026-09-30
Updated: 2026-10-01
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.0037