SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-g2hm-779g-vm32)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 440643

Description

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

- OpenClaw versions 2026.4.7 before 2026.4.14 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability where heartbeat
owner downgrade logic skips webhook wake events carrying untrusted content. Attackers can exploit this by
sending untrusted webhook wake events to preserve owner-like execution context when the run should have
been downgraded. (CVE-2026-43566)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.4.14 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g2hm-779g-vm32

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 440643

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/18/2026

Updated: 6/22/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-43566

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-43566