SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-3xfw-4pmr-4xc5)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438312

Description

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

- OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.21 contain a stdin-only policy bypass vulnerability in the grep tool
within tools.exec.safeBins that allows attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying a pattern via the -e
flag parameter. Attackers can include a positional filename operand to bypass file access restrictions and
read sensitive files.env from the working directory. (CVE-2026-32022)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.2.21 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3xfw-4pmr-4xc5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438312

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

Percentile: 23.52

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32022

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/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-2026-32022

cwe: CWE-184