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SCA: security update for glances (GHSA-73wf-9vmv-5pv9)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 446012

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 4.5.2 until 4.5.6,
 _sanitize_mustache_dict() in glances/actions.py skips nested list and dictionary strings such as process
 cmdline values, allowing pipe characters to survive chevron.render() and be executed by secure_popen()
 through administrator-configured action templates. This issue is fixed in 4.5.6. (CVE-2026-62982)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-73wf-9vmv-5pv9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 446012

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: 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-2026-62982

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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: 8/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-62982

cwe: CWE-78