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OpenClaw: MS Teams webhook parses body before JWT validation, enabling unauthenticated resource exhaustion

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 31, 2026 in openclaw/openclaw

Package

npm openclaw (npm)

Affected versions

<= 2026.3.28

Patched versions

2026.3.31

Description

Summary

MS Teams webhook parses body before JWT validation, enabling unauthenticated resource exhaustion

Current Maintainer Triage

  • Status: open
  • Normalized severity: medium
  • Assessment: v2026.3.28 still parses Teams JSON after only a Bearer-prefix gate and before real JWT validation, and the auth-before-parse fix is not yet shipped.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Latest published npm version: 2026.3.31
  • Vulnerable version range: <=2026.3.28
  • Patched versions: >= 2026.3.31
  • First stable tag containing the fix: v2026.3.31

Fix Commit(s)

  • 3834d47099dd13c8244ed6de8b9ea9855c553623 — 2026-03-30T13:46:40+01:00

OpenClaw thanks @AntAISecurityLab for reporting.

References

@steipete steipete published to openclaw/openclaw Mar 31, 2026
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 3, 2026
Reviewed Apr 3, 2026

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Weaknesses

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-p464-m8x6-vhv8

Source code

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