CVE-2026-68517 PUBLISHED

Glances: REST API CORS Credentials Guard Uses Exact-Match Instead of Membership Test — Bypassed by Any Multi-Origin Allowlist Containing the Wildcard

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 30.07.2026 Published: 17.08.2026 Updated: 17.08.2026

Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Prior to 4.5.6, the cors_origins guard in glances/outputs/glances_restful_api.py uses exact list equality instead of wildcard membership, allowing a multi-origin list containing the wildcard to retain cors_credentials and expose authenticated REST API data to an untrusted website visited by a previously authenticated user. This issue is fixed in 4.5.6.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor nicolargo
Product glances
Versions
  • Version < 4.5.6 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-942: Permissive Cross-domain Policy with Untrusted Domains CWE