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CVE-2026-33641: Glances Vulnerable to Command Injection via Dynamic Configuration Values

Affects glancesSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-33641· High 7.8

Public exploit available (Exploit-DB) · CVSS 7.8 High : upgrade to 4.5.6 as a priority.

Data as of 9 Nov 2026, 19:50 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 4.5.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

t = 0 is the CVE’s publication on cve.org

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 2 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

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

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

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

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

Timeline

  1. CVE ID reserved

    by GitHub, Inc.

    , 10 days before disclosure

  2. CVE published

    on cve.org

    , t = 0

  3. In Threat Radar

    record ingested

    , 1 minute after disclosure

  4. 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 9 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade glances to 4.5.6.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Homebrewglancespkg:brew/glancesOther threatsAffected
  • <4.5.6
Fixed in
  • 4.5.6

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AI-suggested

Upgrade Glances to version 4.5.6 or later, where this command injection vulnerability has been patched. Applying the official fix eliminates the risk of arbitrary command execution via dynamic configuration values.

Description

Glances versions prior to 4.5.6 contain a command injection vulnerability in the dynamic configuration value parsing. Substrings enclosed in backticks are executed as system commands without validation, allowing attackers who can modify configuration files to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Glances process. This can lead to privilege escalation if Glances runs with elevated privileges. The issue is fixed in version 4.5.6.

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