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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-5hff-46vh-rxmw)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439952

Description

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

 - OpenClaw before 2026.4.2 fails to enforce write scopes on the POST /sessions/:sessionKey/kill endpoint in
 identity-bearing HTTP modes. Read-scoped callers can terminate running subagent sessions by sending
 requests to this endpoint, bypassing authorization controls. (CVE-2026-41298)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.4.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5hff-46vh-rxmw

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 439952

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/7/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.64

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41298

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41298

cwe: CWE-269