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Advisory details: vulnrichment / CVE-2026-27001
Advisory ID vulnrichment/CVE-2026-27001
Aliases
Summary OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. Prior to version 2026.2.15, OpenClaw embedded the current working directory (workspace path) into the agent system prompt without sanitization. If an attacker can cause OpenClaw to run inside a directory whose name contains control/format characters (for example newlines or Unicode bidi/zero-width markers), those characters could break the prompt structure and inject attacker-controlled instructions. Starting in version 2026.2.15, the workspace path is sanitized before it is embedded into any LLM prompt output, stripping Unicode control/format characters and explicit line/paragraph separators. Workspace path resolution also applies the same sanitization as defense-in-depth.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
System Score Found at
cvssv4 8.6
ssvc Track
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/6254e96acf16e70ceccc8f9b2abecee44d606f79
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.2.15
GHSA-2qj5-gwg2-xwc4 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-2qj5-gwg2-xwc4
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at None
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-02-20T15:29:33Z/ Found at None

Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-02-20T15:29:33Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/27xxx/CVE-2026-27001.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-27001

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'none'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'total'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]