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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-5f9p-f3w2-fwch)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438186

Description

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

 - OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.22 contain an allowlist parsing mismatch vulnerability in the macOS
 companion app that allows authenticated operators to bypass exec approval checks. Attackers with
 operator.write privileges and a paired macOS beta node can craft shell-chain payloads that pass incomplete
 allowlist validation and execute arbitrary commands on the paired host. (CVE-2026-31993)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.2.22 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5f9p-f3w2-fwch

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438186

Version: Revision 1.7

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: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31993

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/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: 5.7

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31993