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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-mwcg-wfq3-4gjc)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438404

Description

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

 - OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.25 contain a time-of-check-time-of-use vulnerability in approval-bound
 system.run execution where the cwd parameter is validated at approval time but resolved at execution time.
 Attackers can retarget a symlinked cwd between approval and execution to bypass command execution
 restrictions and execute arbitrary commands on node hosts. (CVE-2026-32043)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.2.25 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwcg-wfq3-4gjc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438404

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/5/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.63

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32043

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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: 5.9

Threat Score: 2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/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-2026-32043