GHSA-2w79-r9g8-wmcr
MEDIUMGHSA-2w79-r9g8-wmcr is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) CWE-770 vulnerability in openclaw. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-2w79-r9g8-wmcr is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
OpenClaw: Voice-call still parses large WebSocket frames before start validation (Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-32062)
Blast Radius
Weekly download volume for affected packages — a proxy for how broadly this vulnerability is deployed.
openclawnpmDescription
Summary
Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-32062: voice-call still parses large WebSocket frames before start validation
Current Maintainer Triage
- Normalized severity: medium
- Assessment: v2026.3.28 still parses oversized pre-start voice-call WebSocket frames before start validation, and the unreleased maxPayload fix confirms the shipped resource-consumption bug remains open.
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)
9abcfdadf591bf266d85fbdfe14ae833e557a110— 2026-03-31T19:47:10+09:00
OpenClaw thanks @Kazamayc for reporting.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | openclaw | all versions | 2026.3.31 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for openclaw. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update openclaw to 2026.3.31 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-2w79-r9g8-wmcr is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-2w79-r9g8-wmcr is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-2w79-r9g8-wmcr. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-2w79-r9g8-wmcr in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-2w79-r9g8-wmcr across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.