{"id":218880,"date":"2026-02-28T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/clawjacked-flaw-lets-malicious-sites-hijack-local-openclaw-ai-agents-via-websocket\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T00:00:11","slug":"clawjacked-flaw-lets-malicious-sites-hijack-local-openclaw-ai-agents-via-websocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/clawjacked-flaw-lets-malicious-sites-hijack-local-openclaw-ai-agents-via-websocket\/","title":{"rendered":"ClawJacked Flaw Lets Malicious Sites Hijack Local OpenClaw AI Agents via WebSocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2026\/02\/clawjacked-flaw-lets-malicious-sites.html\">ClawJacked Flaw Lets Malicious Sites Hijack Local OpenClaw AI Agents via WebSocket<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2026\/02\/clawjacked-flaw-lets-malicious-sites.html\">https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2026\/02\/clawjacked-flaw-lets-malicious-sites.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-28 12:21:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"thehackernews.com\">thehackernews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OpenClaw has fixed a high-severity security issue that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed a malicious website to connect to a locally running artificial intelligence (AI) agent and take over control.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our vulnerability lives in the core system itself \u2013 no plugins, no marketplace, no user-installed extensions \u2013 just the bare OpenClaw gateway, running exactly as documented,&#8221; Oasis Security said in a report published this week.<\/p>\n<p>The flaw has been codenamed <strong>ClawJacked<\/strong> by the cybersecurity company.<\/p>\n<p>The attack assumes the following threat model: A developer has OpenClaw set up and running on their laptop, with its gateway, a local WebSocket server, bound to localhost and protected by a password. The attack kicks in when the developer lands on an attacker-controlled website through social engineering or some other means.<\/p>\n<p>The infection sequence then follows the steps below &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Malicious JavaScript on the web page opens a WebSocket connection to localhost on the OpenClaw gateway port.<\/li>\n<li>The script brute-forces the gateway password by taking advantage of a missing rate-limiting mechanism.<\/li>\n<li>Post successful authentication with admin-level permissions, the script stealthily registers as a trusted device, which is auto-approved by the gateway without any user prompt.<\/li>\n<li>The attacker gains complete control over the AI agent, allowing them to interact with it, dump configuration data, enumerate connected nodes, and read application logs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Any website you visit can open one to your localhost. Unlike regular HTTP requests, the browser doesn&#8217;t block these cross-origin connections,&#8221; Oasis Security said. &#8220;So while you&#8217;re browsing any website, JavaScript running on that page can silently open a connection to your local OpenClaw gateway. The user sees nothing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That misplaced trust has real consequences. The gateway relaxes several security mechanisms for local connections &#8211; including silently approving new device registrations without prompting the user. 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