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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-xvhf-x56f-2hpp)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437810

Description

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

 - OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the exec-approvals
 allowlist validation that checks pre-expansion argv tokens but executes using real shell expansion.
 Attackers with authorization or through prompt-injection attacks can exploit safe binaries like head,
 tail, or grep with glob patterns or environment variables to disclose files readable by the gateway or
 node process when host execution is enabled in allowlist mode. (CVE-2026-28463)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xvhf-x56f-2hpp

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437810

Version: Revision 1.12

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: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.71

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-28463

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 6.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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: 2/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-28463

cwe: CWE-78