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TI-2026-34266 Aliases CVE-2026-46607GHSA-9837-48hr-q32j

Glances: Insecure Pickle Deserialization in Version Cache Leads to Arbitrary Code Execution

Priority HIGH 69CWE-502Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Prior to 4.5.5, glances/outdated.py uses pickle.load() to read a version-check cache file stored at a predictable, world-accessible path (~/.cache/glances/glances-version.db or $XDG_CACHE_HOME/glances/glances-version.db). No integrity check, signature verification, or format validation is performed before deserialization. An attacker with write access to that path — through any of several realistic local or container-level scenarios — can plant a malicious pickle file and achieve arbitrary code execution as the OS user running Glances the next time it starts with version checking enabled (the default). This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.5.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0019 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed glances (nicolargo): 4.5.5glances (PyPI): 4.5.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
nicolargoglancesbefore 4.5.54.5.5Patch availableCNA
—glances (PyPI)before 4.5.54.5.5Patch availableGHSA-9837-48hr-q32j
  • glances Vendornicolargo Affected before 4.5.5 Fixed in 4.5.5 Patch available CNA
  • glances (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 4.5.5 Fixed in 4.5.5 Patch available GHSA-9837-48hr-q32j

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nicolargo:glances:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——nicolargo
  • cpe:2.3:a:nicolargo:glances:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·nicolargo

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA glances (nicolargo) Fixed in 4.5.5
  • Fix · GHSA-9837-48hr-q32j glances (PyPI) Fixed in 4.5.5 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-46607
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9837-48hr-q32j

References

Advisory 2

Other 5

  • TI-2026-25142 Glances's Browser API Exposes Reusable Downstream Credentials via `/api/4/serverslist` CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-25106 Glances exposes the REST API without authentication CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-48284 Glances: Command injection bypass of action-template sanitizer via cross-field shell-operator reconstruction CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-44988 OS command injection in nicolargo glances CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-27083 Glances Vulnerable to Cross-Origin Information Disclosure via Unauthenticated REST API (/api/4) due to Permissive CORS CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.7
  • TI-2026-25120 Glances has a SQL Injection in DuckDB Export via Unparameterized DDL Statements CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
See all 24 →

Sources

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