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SCA: security update for glances (GHSA-gh4x-f7cq-wwx6)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438539

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 4.5.1, the /api/4/config REST
 API endpoint returns the entire parsed Glances configuration file (glances.conf) via self.config.as_dict()
 with no filtering of sensitive values. The configuration file contains credentials for all configured
 backend services including database passwords, API tokens, JWT signing keys, and SSL key passwords. This
 vulnerability is fixed in 4.5.1. (CVE-2026-30928)

Solution

Update the glances library and its related packages to version 4.5.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gh4x-f7cq-wwx6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438539

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/10/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-30928

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 8.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-30928

cwe: CWE-200