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High severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 18, 2026· Updated Mar 18, 2026

Glances has a Command Injection via Process Names in Action Command Templates

CVE-2026-32608

Description

Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. The Glances action system allows administrators to configure shell commands that execute when monitoring thresholds are exceeded. These commands support Mustache template variables (e.g., {{name}}, {{key}}) that are populated with runtime monitoring data. The secure_popen() function, which executes these commands, implements its own pipe, redirect, and chain operator handling by splitting the command string before passing each segment to subprocess.Popen(shell=False). Prior to 4.5.2, when a Mustache-rendered value (such as a process name, filesystem mount point, or container name) contains pipe, redirect, or chain metacharacters, the rendered command is split in unintended ways, allowing an attacker who controls a process name or container name to inject arbitrary commands. Version 4.5.2 fixes the issue.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
GlancesPyPI
< 4.5.24.5.2

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