Glances has Insecure Pickle Deserialization in its Version Cache that Leads to Arbitrary Code Execution

Summaryglances/outdated.py uses pickle.load to read a version-check cache file stored at a predictable, world-accessible path /.cache/glances/glances-version.db or $XDGCACHEHOME/glances/glances-version.db. No integrity check, signature verification, or format validation is performed before...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-46607

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Prior to 4.5.5, glances/outdated.py uses pickle.load to read a version-check cache file stored ...

CVE-2026-46607

Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Prior to 4.5.5, glances/outdated.py uses pickle.load to read a version-check cache file stored at a predictable, world-accessible path /.cache/glances/glances-version.db or $XDGCACHEHOME/glances/glances-version.db. No integrity chec...