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CVE-2026-40030

HIGH

7.8

Description

parseusbs before 1.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability where the volume listing path argument (-v flag) is passed unsanitized into an os.popen() shell command with ls, allowing arbitrary command injection via crafted volume path arguments containing shell metacharacters. An attacker can provide a crafted volume path via the -v flag that injects arbitrary commands during volume content enumeration.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published4/8/2026

Last Modified4/13/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

khyrenz:parseusbs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

References

https://github.com/khyrenz/parseusbs/commit/99f05996494e7e41ea0c7e13145ba20eb793e46b(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://github.com/khyrenz/parseusbs/pull/10(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://mobasi.ai/sentinel(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/parseusbs-command-injection-via-volume-path-argument(disclosure@vulncheck.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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