GHSA-H89V-J3X9-8WQJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-18 00:52 – Updated: 2026-02-18 00:52
VLAI?
Summary
OpenClaw affected by denial of service through unguarded archive extraction allowing high expansion/resource abuse (ZIP/TAR)
Details
Summary
Archive extraction lacked strict resource budgets, allowing high-expansion ZIP/TAR archives to consume excessive CPU/memory/disk during install/update flows.
Affected Packages / Versions
- openclaw (npm): <= 2026.2.13
- clawdbot (npm): <= 2026.1.24-3
Details
Affected component: src/infra/archive.ts (extractArchive).
The extractor now enforces resource budgets (entry count and extracted byte limits; ZIP also enforces a compressed archive size limit) and rejects over-budget archives.
Fix Commit(s)
- openclaw/openclaw@d3ee5deb87ee2ad0ab83c92c365611165423cb71
- openclaw/openclaw@5f4b29145c236d124524c2c9af0f8acd048fbdea
Release Process Note
This advisory will be updated with patched versions once the next npm release containing the fix is published.
Credits
Thanks @vincentkoc for reporting.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
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"details": "## Summary\nArchive extraction lacked strict resource budgets, allowing high-expansion ZIP/TAR archives to consume excessive CPU/memory/disk during install/update flows.\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n- openclaw (npm): \u003c= 2026.2.13\n- clawdbot (npm): \u003c= 2026.1.24-3\n\n## Details\nAffected component: `src/infra/archive.ts` (`extractArchive`).\n\nThe extractor now enforces resource budgets (entry count and extracted byte limits; ZIP also enforces a compressed archive size limit) and rejects over-budget archives.\n\n## Fix Commit(s)\n- openclaw/openclaw@d3ee5deb87ee2ad0ab83c92c365611165423cb71\n- openclaw/openclaw@5f4b29145c236d124524c2c9af0f8acd048fbdea\n\n## Release Process Note\nThis advisory will be updated with patched versions once the next npm release containing the fix is published.\n\n## Credits\nThanks @vincentkoc for reporting.",
"id": "GHSA-h89v-j3x9-8wqj",
"modified": "2026-02-18T00:52:54Z",
"published": "2026-02-18T00:52:54Z",
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"summary": "OpenClaw affected by denial of service through unguarded archive extraction allowing high expansion/resource abuse (ZIP/TAR)"
}
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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