CVE-2026-41405: OpenClaw: MS Teams webhook parses body before JWT validation, enabling unauthenticated resource exhaustion
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.
Published Apr 3, 2026 · Updated May 6, 2026
Affected packages
openclaw
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Affected
- <= 2026.3.28
- Fixed in
- 2026.3.31
- Check
npm ls openclaw
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
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.
Credited to AntAISecurityLab.
References
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-p464-m8x6-vhv8
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/3834d47099dd13c8244ed6de8b9ea9855c553623
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.3.31
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41405
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-resource-exhaustion-via-unauthenticated-ms-teams-webhook-body-parsing
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p464-m8x6-vhv8
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