CVE-2026-101881 (GCVE-0-2026-101881)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-30 19:16
Modified
2026-09-30 19:53
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - 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
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenClaw OpenClaw Windows Node Version: 0   < 2026.7.1
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