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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-ccg8-46r6-9qgj)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438227

Description

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

 - OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.24 contain an approval gating bypass vulnerability in system.run
 allowlist mode where nested transparent dispatch wrappers can suppress shell-wrapper detection. Attackers
 can exploit this by chaining multiple dispatch wrappers like /usr/bin/env to execute /bin/sh -c commands
 without triggering the expected approval prompt in allowlist plus ask=on-miss configurations.
 (CVE-2026-32023)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.2.24 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ccg8-46r6-9qgj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438227

Version: Revision 1.12

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: 57.45

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32023

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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:N/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-2026-32023