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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-h4jx-hjr3-fhgc)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439417

Description

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

 - OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the gateway plugin subagent
 fallback deleteSession function that uses a synthetic operator.admin runtime scope. Attackers can exploit
 this by triggering session deletion without a request-scoped client to execute privileged operations with
 unintended administrative scope. (CVE-2026-35645)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.3.28 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h4jx-hjr3-fhgc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 439417

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35645

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: 6.1

Threat Score: 2.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35645