glances — security advisory
Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Prior to version 4.5.3, the Glances XML-RPC server (activated with glances -s or glances --server) sends Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * on every HTTP response. Because the XML-RPC handler does not validate the Content-Type header, an attacker-controlled webpage can issue a CORS "simple request" (POST with Content-Type: text/plain) containing a valid XML-RPC payload. The browser sends the request without a preflight check, the server processes the XML body and returns the full system monitoring dataset, and the wildcard CORS header lets the attacker's JavaScript read the response. The result is complete exfiltration of hostname, OS version, IP addresses, CPU/memory/disk/network stats, and the full process list including command lines (which often contain tokens, passwords, or internal paths). This issue has been patched in version 4.5.3.
- Products
- glances
- Affected versions
- 3.3.1.1+dfsg-1, 3.4.0.3+dfsg-1, 4.0.5+dfsg-1, 4.1.2.1+dfsg-1, 4.2.1+dfsg-1, 4.3.0.8+dfsg-1, 4.3.1+dfsg-1, 4.3.3+dfsg-1, 4.5.1+dfsg-1, 4.5.2+dfsg-1, 4.5.3.2+dfsg-1, 4.5.4+dfsg-1, 4.5.5+dfsg-1, 4.5.6+dfsg-1, 4.5.7+dfsg-1, 4.5.8+dfsg-1
- Fixed versions
- 4.5.3.2+dfsg-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-33533
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 17:50 UTC · Revision 2
Source evidence
Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Prior to version 4.5.3, the Glances XML-RPC server (activated with glances -s or glances --server) sends Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * on every HTTP response. Because the XML-RPC handler does not validate the Content-Type header, an attacker-controlled webpage can issue a CORS "simple request" (POST with Content-Type: text/plain) containing a valid XML-RPC payload. The browser sends the request without a preflight check, the server processes the XML body and returns the full system monitoring dataset, and the wildcard CORS header lets the attacker's JavaScript read the response. The result is complete exfiltration of hostname, OS version, IP addresses, CPU/memory/disk/network stats, and the full process list including command lines (which often contain tokens, passwords, or internal paths). This issue has been patched in version 4.5.3.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33533
glances
Fixed versions: Not specified
glances
Fixed versions: Not specified
glances
Fixed versions: 4.5.3.2+dfsg-1
Complete source record
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