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TI-2026-38896 Aliases CVE-2026-53925GHSA-3vwc-qwhc-3mj7

Path traversal in nicolargo glances

Priority HIGH 69CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. From 4.0.8 until 4.5.5, the secure_popen() function in glances/secure.py interprets > (file redirection), | (pipe), and && (command chaining) operators in command strings. These operators are applied without any validation on the target file path, piped command, or chained command. When Application Monitoring Process (AMP) modules load their command or service_cmd configuration values from glances.conf, those values are passed directly to secure_popen() with no sanitization. This allows an attacker who can modify the Glances configuration file to write arbitrary content to arbitrary filesystem paths (via >), chain arbitrary commands (via &&), or pipe command output to arbitrary programs (via |). This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.5.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00185 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
nicolargoglances4.0.8 to before 4.5.54.5.5Patch availableCNA
—glances (PyPI)4.0.8 to before 4.5.54.5.5Patch availableGHSA-3vwc-qwhc-3mj7
  • glances Vendornicolargo Affected 4.0.8 to before 4.5.5 Fixed in 4.5.5 Patch available CNA
  • glances (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 4.0.8 to before 4.5.5 Fixed in 4.5.5 Patch available GHSA-3vwc-qwhc-3mj7

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-3vwc-qwhc-3mj7 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-2026-53925
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3vwc-qwhc-3mj7

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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