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.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2qj5-gwg2-xwc4 OpenClaw: Unsanitized CWD path injection into LLM prompts
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History

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Openclaw
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Vendors & Products Openclaw
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Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title OpenClaw: Unsanitized CWD path injection into LLM prompts
Weaknesses CWE-77
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-19T23:10:07.761Z

Reserved: 2026-02-17T01:41:24.607Z

Link: CVE-2026-27001

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-20T00:16:16.653

Modified: 2026-02-20T00:16:16.653

Link: CVE-2026-27001

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-20T09:53:27Z

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