CVE-2026-35623 (GCVE-0-2026-35623)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-09 21:26
Modified
2026-04-10 15:55
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
Summary
OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a missing rate limiting vulnerability in webhook authentication that allows attackers to brute-force weak webhook passwords without throttling. Remote attackers can repeatedly submit incorrect password guesses to the webhook endpoint to compromise authentication and gain unauthorized access.
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