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CVE-2026-53925

HIGH Exploitation: PoC
7.8
CVSS 3.1
Description
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.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-53925
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Reserved
2026-06-11 15:46 UTC
Published
2026-06-25 18:03 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-25 18:25 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-22
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Di…
Vendor / Product
nicolargo / glances
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.8 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
PoC
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
nicolargo glances — >= 4.0.8, < 4.5.5
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-22 cna CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
7.8 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References (1)
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