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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-f7ww-2725-qvw2)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438327

Description

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

 - OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.26 contain an approval bypass vulnerability in system.run execution that
 allows attackers to execute commands from unintended filesystem locations by rebinding writable parent
 symlinks in the current working directory after approval. An attacker can modify mutable parent symlink
 path components between approval and execution time to redirect command execution to a different location
 while preserving the visible working directory string. (CVE-2026-27545)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.2.26 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f7ww-2725-qvw2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438327

Version: Revision 1.13

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/5/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.49

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-27545

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 4.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/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: 3/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-27545