High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2026· Updated Apr 13, 2026
CVE-2026-40030
CVE-2026-40030
Description
parseusbs before 1.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability where the volume listing path argument (-v flag) is passed unsanitized into an os.popen() shell command with ls, allowing arbitrary command injection via crafted volume path arguments containing shell metacharacters. An attacker can provide a crafted volume path via the -v flag that injects arbitrary commands during volume content enumeration.
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References
4- github.com/khyrenz/parseusbs/commit/99f05996494e7e41ea0c7e13145ba20eb793e46bnvdPatch
- mobasi.ai/sentinelnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/parseusbs-command-injection-via-volume-path-argumentnvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/khyrenz/parseusbs/pull/10nvdIssue Tracking
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