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CVE-2026-68518: Glances: Command injection bypass of action-template sanitizer via cross-field shell-operator reconstruction

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 35/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.17% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: nicolargo glances 4.5.6.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to nicolargo glances 4.5.6 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Prior to 4.5.6, _sanitize_mustache_dict() in glances/actions.py sanitizes individual Mustache values before chevron.render(), allowing adjacent unescaped Mustache variables to reconstruct shell operators that secure_popen() executes when attacker-controlled process or container fields are rendered by an administrator-configured action template. This issue is fixed in 4.5.6.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 17, 2026
Updated
Oct 23, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 6th percentile

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Action score

35

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GitHub_M
8.8
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • nicolargo glances

    • < 4.5.6affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12glancesfrom 0—
Debian:14glancesbefore 4.5.6+dfsg-14.5.6+dfsg-1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedpython-Glancesbefore 4.5.6-1.14.5.6-1.1
PyPIglancesbefore 4.5.64.5.6

Same product

nicolargo: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-32633Glances's Browser API Exposes Reusable Downstream Credentials via `/api/4/serverslist`
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-32611Glances has a SQL Injection in DuckDB Export via Unparameterized DDL Statements
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-62982Glances: Incomplete fix of CVE-2026-32608: action-template sanitizer is bypassed by nested stat values (process 'cmdline') → OS command injection
    35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-53925Jun 25, 2026 · Glances: Arbitrary file write and command execution via `secure_popen` redirection and chaining operators in AMP command configuration
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-68517Aug 17, 2026 · Glances: REST API CORS Credentials Guard Uses Exact-Match Instead of Membership Test — Bypassed by Any Multi-Origin Allowlist Containing the Wildcard
    26Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-68519Aug 17, 2026 · Glances: `--disable-config-exec` does not cover on-alert action commands (incomplete fix of CVE-2026-53925)
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
nicolargo glances4.5.6 · descriptionVendor (CNA)
debian:glances4.5.6+dfsg-1 · Debian:14Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:python-Glances4.5.6-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
PyPI:glances4.5.6Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-629820 days apartGlances: Incomplete fix of CVE-2026-32608: action-template sanitizer is bypassed by nested stat values (process 'cmdline') → OS command injection
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-4660653 days apartGlances: Command Injection via KVM/QEMU VM Domain Names in glances/plugins/vms/engines/virsh.py
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2026-33641137 days apartGlances Vulnerable to Command Injection via Dynamic Configuration Values
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2026-685190 days apartGlances: `--disable-config-exec` does not cover on-alert action commands (incomplete fix of CVE-2026-53925)
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2026-32608152 days apartGlances has a Command Injection via Process Names in Action Command Templates
    28Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Root cause

User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-78 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const host = req.body.host;exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);

Fixed

ts
const host = req.body.host;if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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