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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-wc84-j36w-pw4x)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 443482

Description

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

 - OpenClaw before 2026.5.2 contains an environment variable injection vulnerability where workspace .env
 STATE_DIRECTORY could influence bundled runtime dependency roots. Attackers can manipulate the
 STATE_DIRECTORY variable to load runtime dependencies from unintended local paths, potentially executing
 malicious code during dependency resolution. (CVE-2026-53858)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.5.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wc84-j36w-pw4x

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 443482

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/19/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.65

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53858

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Threat Score: 3.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53858

cwe: CWE-426