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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-xw4p-pw82-hqr7)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438184

Description

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

 - OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a path traversal vulnerability in sandbox skill mirroring
 (must be enabled) that uses the skill frontmatter name parameter unsanitized when copying skills into the
 sandbox workspace. Attackers who provide a crafted skill package with traversal sequences like ../ or
 absolute paths in the name field can write files outside the sandbox workspace root directory.
 (CVE-2026-28457)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xw4p-pw82-hqr7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438184

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/4/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.31

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-28457

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-28457

cwe: CWE-22