SCA: security update for glances (GHSA-3vwc-qwhc-3mj7)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 443805

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. From 4.0.8 until 4.5.5, the
secure_popen() function in glances/secure.py interprets > (file redirection), | (pipe), and && (command
chaining) operators in command strings. These operators are applied without any validation on the target
file path, piped command, or chained command. When Application Monitoring Process (AMP) modules load their
command or service_cmd configuration values from glances.conf, those values are passed directly to
secure_popen() with no sanitization. This allows an attacker who can modify the Glances configuration file
to write arbitrary content to arbitrary filesystem paths (via >), chain arbitrary commands (via &&), or
pipe command output to arbitrary programs (via |). This vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.5. (CVE-2026-53925)

Solution

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 443805

Version: Revision 1.6

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.03

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53925

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53925

cwe: CWE-22

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