CVE-2026-41913

Summary

OpenClaw before 2026.4.4 contains a race condition vulnerability in shared-secret authentication that allows concurrent asynchronous requests to bypass the per-key rate-limit budget. Attackers can exploit this by sending multiple simultaneous authentication attempts to circumvent intended rate-limiting protections on Tailscale-capable paths.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-362: CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-25wv-8phj-8p7r
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-rate-limit-bypass-via-concurrent-async-authentication-attempts

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