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6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS version: 3.1
Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges required (PR): NONE
User interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality impact (C): NONE
Integrity impact (I): LOW
Availability impact (A): LOW

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Created suggestion 3 weeks, 1 day ago

OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Unauthenticated Cryptographic Work in Nostr Inbound DM Handling

OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 performs cryptographic and dispatch operations on inbound Nostr direct messages before enforcing sender and pairing policy validation. Attackers can trigger unauthorized pre-authentication computation by sending crafted DM messages, enabling denial of service through resource exhaustion.

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-65h8-27jh-q8wv) third-party-advisory
Patch Commit #1 patch
Patch Commit #2 patch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Unauthenticated Cryptographic Work in Nostr Inbound DM Handling third-party-advisory

Affected products

OpenClaw

<2026.3.22
==2026.3.22

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.openclaw

Self-hosted, open-source AI assistant/agent

nixos-unstable 2026.4.2
- nixpkgs-unstable 2026.4.2
- nixos-unstable-small 2026.4.2

Package maintainers

@mkg20001 Maciej Krüger <mkg20001+nix@gmail.com>
@chrisportela Chris Portela <chris@chrisportela.com>

Suggestion detail

References

Affected products

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.openclaw

Package maintainers