RCE in Nicolargo Glances
CVE-2026-33641
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…
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
EPSS: 0.006 (70.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Nicolargo Glances — versions < 4.5.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/security/advisories/GHSA-qhj7-v7h7-q4c7 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/358d76a225fc21a9f95d2c4d7e46fafe64a644c6 (x_refsource_MISC)
- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/releases/tag/v4.5.3 (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-33641?
- CVE-2026-33641 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nicolargo Glances, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-04-02.
- How severe is CVE-2026-33641?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.