What is GHSA-vqx6-6j84-2794?

GHSA-vqx6-6j84-2794 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Duplicate Advisory: Hostname checks could treat trailing-dot hosts inconsistently

Why does GHSA-vqx6-6j84-2794 have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-vqx6-6j84-2794?

GHSA-vqx6-6j84-2794 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-vqx6-6j84-2794?

GHSA-vqx6-6j84-2794 affects 1 product, including: npm/openclaw:\u003c= 2026.5.22.

⚠ Withdrawn by GitHub Security Advisories

Withdrawn: June 18, 2026

GHSA-vqx6-6j84-2794MediumCVSS 6.5Disclosed before NVD

Duplicate Advisory: Hostname checks could treat trailing-dot hosts inconsistently

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 16, 2026

Last Modified

June 18, 2026

📋 Description

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-gxg4-2rrr-jhc7. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

OpenClaw before 2026.5.26 contains a hostname validation vulnerability allowing attackers to bypass blocklist comparisons using trailing-dot notation in model or workspace-derived URLs. Attackers can exploit inconsistent hostname checks to reach destinations that operators intended to block through hostname policies.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/openclaw:<= 2026.5.22

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-gxg4-2rrr-jhc7
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53859
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-hostname-validation-bypass-via-trailing-dot-inconsistency
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqx6-6j84-2794