CVE-2026-26861
HIGHCVE-2026-26861 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.3) CWE-346 vulnerability in clevertap-web-sdk. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2026-26861 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
CleverTap Web SDK is vulnerable to DOM-based XSS via handleCustomHtmlPreviewPostMessageEvent function
Blast Radius
Weekly download volume for affected packages — a proxy for how broadly this vulnerability is deployed.
clevertap-web-sdknpmDescription
CleverTap Web SDK version 1.15.2 and earlier is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via window.postMessage. The handleCustomHtmlPreviewPostMessageEvent function in src/util/campaignRender/nativeDisplay.js performs insufficient origin validation using the includes() method, which can be bypassed by an attacker using a subdomain
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | clevertap-web-sdk | all versions | 1.15.3 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for clevertap-web-sdk. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update clevertap-web-sdk to 1.15.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-26861 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2026-26861 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to CVE-2026-26861. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-26861 in your dependencies?
O3 detects CVE-2026-26861 across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.