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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-33641

Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool.

Published Apr 2, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Glances is an open-source

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-33641. EPSS is 0.78%. Act only if a listed version of Glances is an open-source is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Glances is an open-source).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.78%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe nicolargo/glances

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. This behavior occurs in Config.get_value() and is implemented without validation or restriction of the executed commands. If an attacker can modify or influence configuration files, arbitrary commands will execute automatically with the privileges of the Glances process during startup or configuration reload. In deployments where Glances runs with elevated privileges (e.g., as a system service), this may lead to privilege escalation. This issue has been patched in version 4.5.3.

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  • cpe nicolargo/glancesversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-33641

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-33641. EPSS is 0.78%. Act only if a listed version of Glances is an open-source is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-78: OS Command Injection. EPSS 0.78%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 2, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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. This behavior occurs in Config.get_value() and is implemented without validation or restriction of the executed commands. If an attacker can modify or influence

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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. This behavior occurs in Config.get_value() and is implemented without validation or restriction of the executed commands. If an attacker can modify or influence

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33641

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-33641

    30-day exploitation probability 0.8%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-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. This behavior occurs in Config.get_value(

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.