How severe is GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j?

GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j has a CVSS score of 5.3/10, rated MEDIUM. Review your exposure and patch according to your risk tolerance.

Which packages are affected by GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j?

GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j affects the following packages: openclaw (npm). Ecosystems affected: npm.

How do I fix GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j?

Update openclaw to 2026.3.7 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j in my npm dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for openclaw, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

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 does O3 Security protect against GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j?

O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Is GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

When was GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j published, and has it been updated?

GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j was published on March 9, 2026 and was last updated on March 9, 2026. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

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MEDIUM severity

GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j — openclaw

MEDIUMFix: openclaw/openclaw@44820dc

GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in openclaw. A fix is available for openclaw — see the affected versions and patch details below.

OpenClaw's hooks count non-POST requests toward auth lockout

Published

Mar 9, 2026

Updated

Mar 9, 2026

Affected

1 pkg

Patched

1 / 1

Exploits

None indexed

Exploitation data as of Mar 9, 2026 · OSV.dev, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

133other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream

openclawnpm

2.7Mdownloads / week

Description

OpenClaw's hooks HTTP handler counted hook authentication failures before rejecting unsupported HTTP methods. An unauthenticated client could send repeated non-POST requests (for example GET) with an invalid token to consume the hook auth failure budget and trigger the temporary lockout window for that client key.

The fix moves the hook method gate ahead of auth-failure accounting so unsupported methods return 405 Method Not Allowed without incrementing the hook auth limiter.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw (npm)
Affected versions: <= 2026.3.2
Patched version: 2026.3.7
Latest published npm version at patch time: 2026.3.2

Impact

An unauthenticated network client that could reach /hooks/* could temporarily lock out legitimate webhook delivery when requests collapsed to the same hook auth client key, such as shared proxy or NAT topologies. Impact is limited to temporary availability loss for hook-triggered wake or automation delivery.

Fix Commit(s)

44820dceadac65ac7c0ce8fc0ffba8c2bd9fae89

Verification

pnpm check passed
pnpm test:fast passed
focused hook regression tests passed
pnpm exec vitest run --config vitest.gateway.config.ts still has unrelated current-main failures in src/gateway/server-channels.test.ts and src/gateway/server-methods/agents-mutate.test.ts

Release Process Note

npm 2026.3.7 was published on March 8, 2026. This advisory is fixed in the released package.

Thanks @JNX03 for reporting.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
📦npm	`openclaw`	all versions	2026.3.7`npm install openclaw@2026.3.7`

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for openclaw, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update openclaw to 2026.3.7 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j 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 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to GHSA-6rmx-gvvg-vh6j. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

OpenClaw's hooks HTTP handler counted hook authentication failures before rejecting unsupported HTTP methods. An unauthenticated client could send repeated non-`POST` requests (for example `GET`) with an invalid token to consume the hook auth failure budget and trigger the temporary lockout window for that client key. The fix moves the hook method gate ahead of auth-failure accounting so unsupported methods return `405 Method Not Allowed` without incrementing the hook auth limiter. ## Affected Packages / Versions - Package: `openclaw` (npm) - Affected versions: `<= 2026.3.2` - Patched versi

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