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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-p4wh-cr8m-gm6c)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438275

Description

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

 - OpenClaw version 2026.2.22 prior to 2026.2.23 contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in shell-
 env that allows attackers to execute attacker-controlled binaries by exploiting trusted-prefix fallback
 logic for the $SHELL variable. An attacker can influence the $SHELL environment variable on systems with
 writable trusted-prefix directories such as /opt/homebrew/bin to execute arbitrary binaries in the
 OpenClaw process context. (CVE-2026-22217)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.2.23 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p4wh-cr8m-gm6c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438275

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: 57.93

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22217

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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:L/AT:P/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-2026-22217