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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-9p3r-hh9g-5cmg)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439751

Description

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

 - OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use race condition in the remote filesystem
 bridge readFile function that allows sandbox escape. Attackers can exploit the separate path validation
 and file read operations to bypass sandbox restrictions and read arbitrary files. (CVE-2026-41296)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9p3r-hh9g-5cmg

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 439751

Version: Revision 1.9

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: 4.8

Percentile: 57.48

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41296

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.4

Threat Score: 7.6

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:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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-2026-41296

cwe: CWE-367