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CVE-2026-40030

Published: Apr 8, 2026

Modified: May 8, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
khyrenz	parseusbs	affected `0 - < 1.9.0` unaffected `1.9.0` unaffected `99f05996494e7e41ea0c7e13145ba20eb793e46b`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

product

patch

Mobasi Sentinel Vulnerability Index

vendor-advisory

VulnCheck Advisory: parseusbs < 1.9 Command Injection via Volume Path Argument

third-party-advisory

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