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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-5h2w-qmfp-ggp6)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439524

Description

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

 - OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the chat.send endpoint that
 allows write-scoped gateway callers to persist admin-only verboseLevel session overrides. Attackers can
 exploit the /verbose parameter to bypass access controls and expose sensitive reasoning or tool output
 intended to be restricted to administrators. (CVE-2026-41344)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5h2w-qmfp-ggp6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 439524

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/1/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.77

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-2026-41344

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: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41344