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CVE-2026-40030: khyrenz parseusbs · OS Command Injection

Affects khyrenz parseusbsSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.4 High : upgrade to 1.9.0 soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 12:04 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.4High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.08.4
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS
0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 54% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.9.0, 1.9
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

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 parseusbs to 1.9.0; khyrenz/parseusbs to 1.9.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
khyrenzparseusbsAffected
  • <1.9.0
Fixed in
  • 1.9.0
GitHubkhyrenz/parseusbspkg:github/khyrenz/parseusbsOther threatsAffected
  • <1.9
Fixed in
  • 1.9

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, avoid using untrusted input for the -v flag or running parseusbs in environments where untrusted users can supply volume path arguments.

Description

parseusbs before 1.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability where the volume listing path argument (-v flag) is passed unsanitized into an os.popen() shell command with ls, allowing arbitrary command injection via crafted volume path arguments containing shell metacharacters. An attacker can provide a crafted volume path via the -v flag that injects arbitrary commands during volume content enumeration.

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