CVE-2026-27485 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-27485: OpenClaw affected by Stored XSS in Control UI via unsanitized assistant name/avatar in inline script injection

Vendor Openclaw
Product openclaw
Weakness CWE-61
Published February 21, 2026
Last update February 24, 2026

CVSS base score

4.6/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. In versions 2026.2.17 and below, skills/skill-creator/scripts/package_skill.py (a local helper script used when authors package skills) previously followed symlinks while building .skill archives. If an author runs this script on a crafted local skill directory containing symlinks to files outside the skill root, the resulting archive can include unintended file contents. If exploited, this vulnerability can lead to potential unintentional disclosure of local files from the packaging machine into a generated .skill artifact, but requires local execution of the packaging script on attacker-controlled skill contents. This issue has been fixed in version 2026.2.18.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 21, 2026 CVE published
February 24, 2026 Record updated