CVE-2026-40029
parseusbs < 1.9 Command Injection via Crafted LNK Filename
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 8.5EPSS 0.8%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch referenciado
Lifecycle
08 Apr 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
parseusbs before 1.9 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in parseUSBs.py where LNK file paths are passed unsanitized into an os.popen() shell command, allowing arbitrary command execution via crafted .lnk filenames containing shell metacharacters. An attacker can craft a .lnk filename with embedded shell metacharacters that execute arbitrary commands on the forensic examiner's machine during USB artifact parsing.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
khyrenz · parseusbs