OS Command Injection in glances - CVE-2026-46606
Published: August 3, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU140769
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-46606
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary commands.
The vulnerability exists due to command injection in glances/plugins/vms/engines/virsh.py when processing VM domain names from virsh output. A local user can create or rename a KVM/QEMU virtual machine with a crafted domain name to execute arbitrary commands.
Exploitation requires the vms plugin to be enabled and virsh to be installed and executable.
Affected software
glances
How to mitigate CVE-2026-46606
Install security update from vendor's website.
glances - update to 4.5.5