OpenClaw: Telegram audio preflight transcription enables resource consumption by unauthorized senders
## Summary Telegram audio preflight transcription enables resource consumption by unauthorized senders ## Current Maintainer Triage - Status: narrow - Normalized severity: medium - Assessment: v2026.3.28 still lets unauthorized Telegram group senders trigger audio preflight before allowlist enforcement, but the real impact is resource or billing burn rather than direct data exposure or host compromise. ## Affected Packages / Versions - Package: `openclaw` (npm) - Latest published npm version: `2026.3.31` - Vulnerable version range: `<=2026.3.28` - Patched versions: `>= 2026.3.31` - First stable tag containing the fix: `v2026.3.31` ## Fix Commit(s) - `c4fa8635d03943ffe9e294d501089521dca635c5` — 2026-03-30T12:19:31+01:00 OpenClaw thanks @AntAISecurityLab for reporting.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-41331US | — | — | ||
OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains a resource consumption vulnerability in Telegram audio preflight transcription that allows unauthorized group senders to trigger transcription pr… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclawPACKAGE
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/c4fa8635d03943ffe9e294d501089521dca635c5WEB
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.3.31WEB
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-m6fx-m8hc-572mWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41331ADVISORY
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-resource-consumption-via-unauthorized-telegram-audio-preflight-transcriptionWEB
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