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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  - 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. (CVE-2026-32608)

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  - 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. (CVE-2026-32608)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
302883	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-32608	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
438846	SCA: security update for Glances (GHSA-vcv2-q258-wrg7)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
438846	SCA: security update for Glances (GHSA-vcv2-q258-wrg7)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high

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