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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-q399-23r3-hfx4)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438255

Description

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

 - OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.1 fail to pin executable identity for non-path-like argv[0] tokens in
 system.run approvals, allowing post-approval executable rebind attacks. Attackers can modify PATH
 resolution after approval to execute a different binary than the operator approved, enabling arbitrary
 command execution. (CVE-2026-31997)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.3.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q399-23r3-hfx4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438255

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/4/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.61

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31997

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/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: 4.4

Threat Score: 0.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/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-2026-31997