SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-8fmp-37rc-p5g7)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438402

Description

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

- OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.21 fail to filter dangerous process-control environment variables from
config env.vars, allowing startup-time code execution. Attackers can inject variables like NODE_OPTIONS or
LD_* through configuration to execute arbitrary code in the OpenClaw gateway service runtime context.
(CVE-2026-22177)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.2.21 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8fmp-37rc-p5g7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 438402

Version: Revision 1.9

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.61

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22177

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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: 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: 3/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22177

cwe: CWE-15