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.
History

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Khyrenz
Khyrenz parseusbs
Vendors & Products Khyrenz
Khyrenz parseusbs

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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.
Title parseusbs < 1.9 Command Injection via Volume Path Argument
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-04-08T21:35:25.533Z

Updated: 2026-04-09T18:10:49.070Z

Reserved: 2026-04-08T13:36:50.661Z

Link: CVE-2026-40030

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-09T18:09:39.436Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-08T22:16:23.483

Modified: 2026-04-08T22:16:23.483

Link: CVE-2026-40030

cve-icon Redhat

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