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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-j6c7-3h5x-99g9)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 440630

Description

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

 - OpenClaw versions from 2026.2.22 before 2026.4.12 contain an insufficient shell-wrapper detection
 vulnerability allowing attackers to inject environment variable assignments at the argv level. Attackers
 can bypass exec preflight handling to manipulate high-risk shell variables like SHELLOPTS and PS4,
 affecting execution semantics and security controls. (CVE-2026-42435)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.4.12 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j6c7-3h5x-99g9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 440630

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/18/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.83

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-2026-42435

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: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42435

cwe: CWE-78