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SCA: security update for glances (GHSA-qcpp-8x79-hhp3)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 446024

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 4.5.6, _sanitize_mustache_dict()
 in glances/actions.py sanitizes individual Mustache values before chevron.render(), allowing adjacent
 unescaped Mustache variables to reconstruct shell operators that secure_popen() executes when attacker-
 controlled process or container fields are rendered by an administrator-configured action template. This
 issue is fixed in 4.5.6. (CVE-2026-68518)

Solution

Update the glances library and its related packages to version 4.5.6 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qcpp-8x79-hhp3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 446024

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/17/2026

Updated: 8/17/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-68518

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Threat Score: 5.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-68518

cwe: CWE-78