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Permalink CVE-2026-46606

7.8 HIGH

CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
User Interaction (UI): None (N)
Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
Confidentiality (C): High (H)
Integrity (I): High (H)
Availability (A): High (H)
Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
Modified Confidentiality (MC): High (H)
Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
Modified Integrity (MI): High (H)
Modified Availability (MA): High (H)

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Created suggestion 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Glances: Command Injection via KVM/QEMU VM Domain Names in glances/plugins/vms/engines/virsh.py

Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Prior to 4.5.5, the Glances KVM/QEMU monitoring engine (glances/plugins/vms/engines/virsh.py) passes VM domain names, read directly from virsh list --all output, into f-string command templates that are processed by secure_popen(). secure_popen() is explicitly designed to interpret &&, |, and > as shell operators. Because domain names are never sanitised before interpolation, any user with the ability to create or rename a KVM/QEMU virtual machine can execute arbitrary commands as the OS user running Glances — commonly root on hypervisor hosts. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.5.