{"id":"GHSA-25wv-8phj-8p7r","summary":"OpenClaw: Concurrent async auth attempts can bypass the intended shared-secret rate-limit budget on Tailscale-capable paths","details":"## Impact\n\nConcurrent async auth attempts can bypass the intended shared-secret rate-limit budget on Tailscale-capable paths.\n\nConcurrent asynchronous shared-secret auth attempts could race the per-key rate-limit budget.\n\nOpenClaw is a user-controlled local assistant. This advisory is scoped to the OpenClaw trust model and does not assume a multi-tenant service boundary.\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Affected versions: `\u003c=2026.4.2`\n- Patched versions: `2026.4.4`\n\n## Fix\n\nThe issue was fixed on `main` and is available in the patched npm version listed above. The verified fixed tree is commit `d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5`.\n\n## Verification\n\nThe fix was re-checked against `main` before publication, including targeted regression tests for the affected security boundary.\n\n## Credits\n\nThanks @Telecaster2147 for reporting.","aliases":["CVE-2026-41913"],"modified":"2026-05-06T02:48:46.526693Z","published":"2026-04-09T17:35:57Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-04-09T17:35:57Z","nvd_published_at":"2026-04-28T19:37:45Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-362","CWE-400"],"severity":"LOW"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-25wv-8phj-8p7r"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41913"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-rate-limit-bypass-via-concurrent-async-authentication-attempts"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openclaw","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/openclaw"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.4.4"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-25wv-8phj-8p7r/GHSA-25wv-8phj-8p7r.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}