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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-gjm7-hw8f-73rq)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439749

Description

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

 - OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability allowing paired nodes with
 role=node to dispatch node.event agent requests with unrestricted gateway-side tool access. Attackers with
 trusted paired node credentials can escalate privileges by leveraging unrestricted agent.request dispatch
 to achieve remote code execution on the gateway. (CVE-2026-41378)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.3.31 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gjm7-hw8f-73rq

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439749

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/3/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.02

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2026-41378

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: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41378