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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-c6hr-w26q-c636)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438199

Description

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

 - OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.19 construct RegExp objects directly from unescaped Feishu mention
 metadata in the stripBotMention function, allowing regex injection and denial of service. Attackers can
 craft nested-quantifier patterns or metacharacters in mention metadata to trigger catastrophic
 backtracking, block message processing, or remove unintended content before model processing.
 (CVE-2026-22178)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c6hr-w26q-c636

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438199

Version: Revision 1.10

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: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.93

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22178

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/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-2026-22178