CVE-2026-33641: nicolargo glances · OS Command Injection
Affects nicolargo glancesSource CVE Database V5
Public exploit available (Exploit-DB) · CVSS 7.8 High : upgrade to 4.5.3 as a priority.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 58% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 4.5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
t = 0 is the CVE’s publication on cve.org
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 2 Apr 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: evidence found.
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
Timeline
CVE ID reserved
by GitHub, Inc.
, 10 days before disclosure
CVE published
on cve.org
, t = 0
In Threat Radar
record ingested
, 1 minute after disclosure
First Exploit-DB entry (opens in a new tab)
glances 4.5.2 - command injection
, 41 days after disclosure
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
Upgrade glances and nicolargo/glances to 4.5.3.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| nicolargoglances | Affected
| Fixed in
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GitHubnicolargo/glancespkg:github/nicolargo/glancesOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
Upgrade Glances to version 4.5.3 or later, where this vulnerability is patched. Until the upgrade is applied, restrict access to Glances configuration files to trusted users only to prevent unauthorized modification. No other vendor advisories or temporary mitigations are provided.
Description
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.