SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-4685-c5cp-vp95)

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437874

Description

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

- OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.19 tools.exec.safeBins contains an input validation bypass vulnerability
that allows attackers to execute unintended filesystem operations through sort output flags or recursive
grep flags. Attackers with command execution access can leverage sort -o flag for arbitrary file writes or
grep -R flag for recursive file reads, circumventing intended stdin-only restrictions. (CVE-2026-31996)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.2.19 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4685-c5cp-vp95

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 437874

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/20/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.2

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31996

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: Low

Base Score: 2

Threat Score: 0.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31996