OS Command Injection Affecting glances package, versions <4.5.3.2+dfsg-1
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- published7 Apr 2026
- disclosed2 Apr 2026
Introduced: 2 Apr 2026
CVE-2026-33641 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable glances to version 4.5.3.2+dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glances package and not the glances package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-33641
- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/358d76a225fc21a9f95d2c4d7e46fafe64a644c6
- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/releases/tag/v4.5.3
- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/security/advisories/GHSA-qhj7-v7h7-q4c7
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52559