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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-gq9c-wg68-gwj2)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437821

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.13 contain a vulnerability in the browser control API in which it
 accepts user-supplied output paths for trace and download files without consistently constraining writes
 to temporary directories. Attackers with API access can exploit path traversal in POST /trace/stop, POST
 /wait/download, and POST /download endpoints to write files outside intended temp roots. (CVE-2026-28462)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gq9c-wg68-gwj2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437821

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/18/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.42

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-28462

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-28462

cwe: CWE-22