OpenClaw AI agents ClawJacked Vulnerability

The "ClawJacked" flaw allows malicious websites to hijack locally running OpenClaw AI agents by exploiting a critical vulnerability in the gateway's WebSocket server. This attack leverages a missing rate-limiting mechanism for localhost connections to brute-force passwords and auto-register as a trusted device, granting full control and enabling data exfiltration.

What Happened

The "ClawJacked" flaw allows malicious websites to hijack locally running OpenClaw AI agents by exploiting a critical vulnerability in the gateway's WebSocket server. This attack leverages a missing rate-limiting mechanism for localhost connections to brute-force passwords and auto-register as a trusted device, granting full control and enabling data exfiltration.

Why This Matters

Publisher reporting describes a security event affecting Agents. BugSkan could not yet bind a CVE or affected version, so treat the source details as the current record.

Recommended Action

Confirm whether Agents is present in your environment and review vendor guidance for this report. Apply available patches or mitigations if your deployment matches the described conditions.

Exposure

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Exploitation status: UNKNOWN

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Timeline

• Incident first seen
  Feb 28, 2026 05:30

  BugSkan first recorded this incident.

• ClawJacked Flaw Lets Malicious Sites Hijack Local OpenClaw AI Agents via WebSocket - The Hacker News
  Feb 28, 2026 05:30

  thehackernews.com · Vulnerability

Sources

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