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.
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Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:45:00 +0000
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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 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
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Updated: 2026-04-08T21:35:25.533Z
Reserved: 2026-04-08T13:36:50.661Z
Link: CVE-2026-40030
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-08T22:16:23.483
Modified: 2026-04-08T22:16:23.483
Link: CVE-2026-40030
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