CVE-2026-27009: OpenClaw affected by Stored XSS in Control UI via unsanitized assistant name/avatar in inline script injection
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Stored XSS in the OpenClaw Control UI when rendering assistant identity (name/avatar) into an inline <script> tag without script-context-safe escaping. A crafted value containing </script> could break out of the script tag and execute attacker-controlled JavaScript in the Control UI origin.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-37gc-85xm-2ww6
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/3b4096e02e7e335f99f5986ec1bd566e90b14a7e
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/adc818db4a4b3b8d663e7674ef20436947514e1b
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.2.15
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-37gc-85xm-2ww6
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27009
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