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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-g8xp-qx39-9jq9)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439784

Description

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

 - OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains an incomplete host-env-security-policy.json that fails to restrict
 compiler binary environment variables, allowing untrusted models to substitute CC, CXX, CARGO_BUILD_RUSTC,
 and CMAKE_C_COMPILER via environment overrides. Attackers with approved host-exec requests can override
 compiler binaries to execute arbitrary code during build processes. (CVE-2026-41373)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8xp-qx39-9jq9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439784

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: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 52

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41373

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Threat Score: 4.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/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-2026-41373

cwe: CWE-427