CVE-2026-33641

HIGH EPSS 54.1%
Published Apr 2, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Apr 2, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Prior to version 4.5.3, Glances supports dynamic configuration values in which substrings enclosed in backticks are executed as system commands during configuration parsing. This behavior occurs in Config.get_value() and is implemented without validation or restriction of the executed commands. If an attacker can modify or influence configuration files, arbitrary commands will execute automatically with the privileges of the Glances process during startup or configuration reload. In deployments where Glances runs with elevated privileges (e.g., as a system service), this may lead to privilege escalation. This issue has been patched in version 4.5.3.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
54.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-78 OS Command Injection Injection

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
nicolargoglances* <4.5.3

References 3

  • github.com https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/358d76a225fc21a9f95d2c4d7e46fafe64a644c6
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/releases/tag/v4.5.3
    ProductRelease Notes
  • github.com https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/security/advisories/GHSA-qhj7-v7h7-q4c7
    ExploitVendor Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/358d76a225fc21a9f95d2c4d7e46fafe64a644c6
    Patch