SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-jq3f-vjww-8rq7)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438877

Description

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

- OpenClaw before 2026.3.13 reads and buffers Telegram webhook request bodies before validating the
x-telegram-bot-api-secret-token header, allowing unauthenticated attackers to exhaust server resources.
Attackers can send POST requests to the webhook endpoint to force memory consumption, socket time, and
JSON parsing work before authentication validation occurs. (CVE-2026-32980)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.3.13 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jq3f-vjww-8rq7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438877

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/17/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.62

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32980

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32980