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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-whf9-3hcx-gq54)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 440123

Description

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

 - OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a role bypass vulnerability in the device.token.rotate function that
 allows minting tokens for unapproved roles. Attackers can bypass device role-upgrade pairing to preserve
 or mint roles and scopes that had not undergone intended approval. (CVE-2026-42422)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.4.8 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-whf9-3hcx-gq54

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 440123

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/9/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.92

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-2026-42422

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: 5.9

Threat Score: 2.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42422

cwe: CWE-863