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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-94pw-c6m8-p9p9)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 439461

Description

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

 - OpenClaw before 2026.3.24 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability where the /allowlist command fails
 to re-validate gateway client scopes for internal callers, allowing operator.write-scoped clients to
 mutate channel authorization policy. Attackers can exploit chat.send to build an internal command-
 authorized context and persist channel allowFrom and groupAllowFrom policy changes reserved for
 operator.admin scope. (CVE-2026-35621)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.3.24 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-94pw-c6m8-p9p9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439461

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/30/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.93

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35621

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35621

cwe: CWE-269