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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-7q2j-c4q5-rm27)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437763

Description

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

 - OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. OpenClaw macOS desktop client registers the `openclaw://` URL scheme.
 For `openclaw://agent` deep links without an unattended `key`, the app shows a confirmation dialog that
 previously displayed only the first 240 characters of the message, but executed the full message after the
 user clicked "Run." At the time of writing, the OpenClaw macOS desktop client is still in beta. In
 versions 2026.2.6 through 2026.2.13, an attacker could pad the message with whitespace to push a malicious
 payload outside the visible preview, increasing the chance a user approves a different message than the
 one that is actually executed. If a user runs the deep link, the agent may perform actions that can lead
 to arbitrary command execution depending on the user's configured tool approvals/allowlists. This is a
 social-engineering mediated vulnerability: the confirmation prompt could be made to misrepresent the
 executed message. The issue is fixed in 2026.2.14. Other mitigations include not approve unexpected "Run
 OpenClaw agent?" prompts triggered while browsing untrusted sites and usingunattended deep links only with
 a valid `key` for trusted personal automations. (CVE-2026-26320)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7q2j-c4q5-rm27

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437763

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/18/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-26320

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-26320

cwe: CWE-451