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Advisory details: gitlab / npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-32980
Advisory ID gitlab/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-32980
Aliases CVE-2026-32980
GHSA-jq3f-vjww-8rq7
Summary OpenClaw Telegram webhook request bodies were read before secret validation, enabling unauthenticated resource exhaustion `openclaw` versions `<= 2026.3.12` read and buffered Telegram webhook request bodies before validating `x-telegram-bot-api-secret-token`. This let unauthenticated callers force up to the configured webhook body limit of pre-auth body I/O and JSON parse work per request.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-32980.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
7e49e98f79073b11134beac27fdff547ba5a4a02 Other https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/7e49e98f79073b11134beac27fdff547ba5a4a02
CVE-2026-32980 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32980
GHSA-jq3f-vjww-8rq7 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jq3f-vjww-8rq7
GHSA-jq3f-vjww-8rq7 Advisory https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-jq3f-vjww-8rq7
openclaw-resource-exhaustion-via-unauthenticated-telegram-webhook-request Advisory https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-resource-exhaustion-via-unauthenticated-telegram-webhook-request
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-32980.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-03-30T16:02:47Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/32xxx/CVE-2026-32980.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-32980

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]