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HIGH7.5

GHSA-pchc-86f6-8758

OpenClaw BlueBubbles webhook auth bypass via loopback proxy trust

Quick fix

GHSA-pchc-86f6-8758 — openclaw: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install openclaw@2026.2.13

Details

### Summary

In affected versions, the optional BlueBubbles iMessage channel plugin could accept webhook requests as authenticated based only on the TCP peer address being loopback (`127.0.0.1`, `::1`, `::ffff:127.0.0.1`) even when the configured webhook secret was missing or incorrect. This does not affect the default iMessage integration unless BlueBubbles is installed and enabled.

### Affected Packages / Versions

- npm: `openclaw` `< 2026.2.13` - npm: `@openclaw/bluebubbles` `< 2026.2.13`

### Details

If a deployment exposes the BlueBubbles webhook endpoint through a same-host reverse proxy (or an attacker can reach loopback via SSRF), an unauthenticated party may be able to inject inbound webhook events into the agent pipeline.

### Fix Commit(s)

- f836c385ffc746cb954e8ee409f99d079bfdcd2f - 743f4b28495cdeb0d5bf76f6ebf4af01f6a02e5a (defense-in-depth)

### Mitigations

- Set a non-empty BlueBubbles webhook password. - Avoid deployments where a public-facing reverse proxy forwards to a loopback-bound Gateway without strong upstream authentication.

Thanks @MegaManSec (https://joshua.hu) of [AISLE Research Team](https://aisle.com/) for reporting.

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Affected packages

npm/openclaw
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 2026.2.13
Fixnpm install openclaw@2026.2.13
npm/@openclaw/bluebubbles
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 2026.2.13
Fixnpm install @openclaw/bluebubbles@2026.2.13

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