GHSA-qhj7-v7h7-q4c7 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Glances Vulnerable to Command Injection via Dynamic Configuration Values
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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-33641 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.87%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52559 | exploit_db | edb | 2026-05-13 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.74% | 0.87% | +0.13% |
| 2 | 2026-06-09 | 0.64% | 0.74% | +0.10% |
| 3 | 2026-05-14 | — | 0.64% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-qhj7-v7h7-q4c7 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Glances Vulnerable to Command Injection via Dynamic Configuration Values
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2026-33641: 1 source package rows (glances); 9 state rows across 2 repos (3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 9. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-33641 |
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2026-33641 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (glances), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, forky, sid, trixie): open 2, resolved 2. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-33641 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2026-33641 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (glances), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-33641 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/358d76a225fc21a9f95d2c4d7e46fafe64a644c6 | Patch |
| https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/releases/tag/v4.5.3 | Product Release Notes |
| https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/security/advisories/GHSA-qhj7-v7h7-q4c7 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |