CVE-2026-40030

HIGH EPSS 50.3%
Published Apr 8, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.4 CVSS 4.0
High
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Published Apr 8, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

parseusbs before 1.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability where the volume listing path argument (-v flag) is passed unsanitized into an os.popen() shell command with ls, allowing arbitrary command injection via crafted volume path arguments containing shell metacharacters. An attacker can provide a crafted volume path via the -v flag that injects arbitrary commands during volume content enumeration.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.4
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction A
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
50.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-78 OS Command Injection Injection

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
khyrenzparseusbs* <1.9

References 4

  • github.com https://github.com/khyrenz/parseusbs/commit/99f05996494e7e41ea0c7e13145ba20eb793e46b
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/khyrenz/parseusbs/pull/10
    Issue Tracking
  • mobasi.ai https://mobasi.ai/sentinel
    Third Party Advisory
  • vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/parseusbs-command-injection-via-volume-path-argument
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/khyrenz/parseusbs/commit/99f05996494e7e41ea0c7e13145ba20eb793e46b
    Patch