GHSA-hhff-fj5f-qg48
MEDIUMGHSA-hhff-fj5f-qg48 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) CWE-408 vulnerability in openclaw. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-hhff-fj5f-qg48 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
OpenClaw runs Discord audio preflight transcription before member authorization
Blast Radius
Weekly download volume for affected packages — a proxy for how broadly this vulnerability is deployed.
openclawnpmDescription
Summary
Discord audio preflight transcription before member authorization
Current Maintainer Triage
- Status: narrow
- Normalized severity: medium
- Assessment: v2026.3.28 still runs Discord audio preflight before member allowlist rejection, but this is the same pre-auth resource-consumption class and not the high-severity auth-bypass framing in the draft.
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)
ee52f64226a03efadfdf1e3b759e13424a3d4e41— 2026-03-30T14:38:22+01:00
OpenClaw thanks @AntAISecurityLab 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-hhff-fj5f-qg48 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-hhff-fj5f-qg48 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-hhff-fj5f-qg48. 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-hhff-fj5f-qg48 in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-hhff-fj5f-qg48 across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.