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parseusbs < 1.9 Command Injection via Volume Path Argument

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

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.

Products
parseusbs
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-40030
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 13:43 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

parseusbs < 1.9 Command Injection via Volume Path Argument

core-cve · Original source

Published 8 Apr 2026, 21:35 UTC

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:CVE-2026-40030

parseusbs

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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