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SCA: security update for openclaw (GHSA-x629-46cc-7xgw)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 443483

Description

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

 - OpenClaw before 2026.5.6 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Active Memory write scope
 that allows Gateway operators with operator.write access to modify global configuration without requiring
 operator.admin privileges. Attackers with operator.write access can exploit insufficient scope validation
 to apply unauthorized configuration changes beyond the intended write scope. (CVE-2026-53847)

Solution

Update the openclaw library and its related packages to version 2026.5.6 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x629-46cc-7xgw

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 443483

Version: Revision 1.4

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: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 7.76

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53847

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/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-2026-53847

cwe: CWE-266