# CVE-2026-27009: OpenClaw affected by Stored XSS in Control UI via unsanitized assistant name/avatar in inline script injection

- Also known as: GHSA-37GC-85XM-2WW6
- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2026.2.15
- Published: 2026-02-19 · Updated: 2026-02-20

## Affected

- openclaw: fixed in 2026.2.15
- openclaw (npm): fixed in 2026.2.15

## Description

OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. Prior to version 2026.2.15, a atored XSS issue 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. Version 2026.2.15 removed inline script injection and serve bootstrap config from a JSON endpoint and added a restrictive Content Security Policy for the Control UI (`script-src 'self'`, no inline scripts).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openclaw, upgrade to a fixed version (2026.2.15) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-37gc-85xm-2ww6
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/3b4096e02e7e335f99f5986ec1bd566e90b14a7e
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/adc818db4a4b3b8d663e7674ef20436947514e1b
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.2.15

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