HIGHCVE-2026-40029Published Modified CNA VulnCheck
CVE-2026-40029: parseusbs < 1.9 Command Injection via Crafted LNK Filename
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.
Metrics
- CVSS v4.0
- 8.5
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- 1.9.0
- Affected Products
- 1
Affected packages
- khyrenz / parseusbs< 1.9.0 (from 0)Fixed in 1.9.0, 99f05996494e7e41ea0c7e13145ba20eb793e46b
CVSS Vector
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