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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-9868-vxmx-w862)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438324

Description

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

 - OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.22 contain an allowlist bypass vulnerability in system.run that allows
 attackers to execute non-allowlisted commands by splitting command substitution using shell line-
 continuation characters. Attackers can bypass security analysis by injecting $\\ followed by a newline and
 opening parenthesis inside double quotes, causing the shell to fold the line continuation into executable
 command substitution that circumvents approval boundaries. (CVE-2026-28460)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.2.22 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9868-vxmx-w862

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438324

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: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.75

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-28460

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-28460