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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-fg3m-vhrr-8gj6)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438159

Description

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

 - OpenClaw versions 2026.1.21 prior to 2026.2.19 contain a command injection vulnerability in the Lobster
 extension's Windows shell fallback mechanism that allows attackers to inject arbitrary commands through
 tool-provided arguments. When spawn failures trigger shell fallback with shell: true, attackers can
 exploit cmd.exe command interpretation to execute malicious commands by controlling workflow arguments.
 (CVE-2026-31995)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.2.19 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fg3m-vhrr-8gj6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438159

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/4/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.61

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31995

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31995

cwe: CWE-78