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SCA: security update for glances (GHSA-w856-8p3r-p338)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 443784

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Prior to 4.5.5, the Glances XML-RPC
 server (glances -s, implemented in glances/server.py) does not validate the HTTP Host header, leaving it
 vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks. An attacker can exploit DNS rebinding to exfiltrate the full system
 monitoring dataset from a victim's browser. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.5. (CVE-2026-46611)

Solution

Update the glances library and its related packages to version 4.5.5 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w856-8p3r-p338

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 443784

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 6/23/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.72

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-46611

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-46611