OpenClaw: Concurrent async auth attempts can bypass the intended shared-secret rate-limit budget on Tailscale-capable paths

Impact

Concurrent async auth attempts can bypass the intended shared-secret rate-limit budget on Tailscale-capable paths.

Concurrent asynchronous shared-secret auth attempts could race the per-key rate-limit budget.

OpenClaw is a user-controlled local assistant. This advisory is scoped to the OpenClaw trust model and does not assume a multi-tenant service boundary.

Affected Packages / Versions

• Package: openclaw (npm)
• Affected versions: <=2026.4.2
• Patched versions: 2026.4.4

Fix

The issue was fixed on main and is available in the patched npm version listed above. The verified fixed tree is commit d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5.

Verification

The fix was re-checked against main before publication, including targeted regression tests for the affected security boundary.

Credits

Thanks @Telecaster2147 for reporting.