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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-mj59-h3q9-ghfh)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 440895

Description

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

 - OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 contains an improper environment variable validation vulnerability in MCP stdio
 server configuration that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. Malicious workspace configurations
 can pass dangerous startup variables like NODE_OPTIONS, LD_PRELOAD, or BASH_ENV to spawned MCP server
 processes, enabling code injection when operators start sessions using those servers. (CVE-2026-44995)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.4.20 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mj59-h3q9-ghfh

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 440895

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/26/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.85

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44995

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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: 5.4

Threat Score: 2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44995