CVE-2026-40029

HIGH

parseusbs < 1.9 Command Injection via Crafted LNK Filename

Title source: cna

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 7.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (3)
khyrenz/parseusbs < 1.9 (2 CPE variants)
khyrenz/parseusbs 1.9
khyrenz/parseusbs 99f05996494e7e41ea0c7e13145ba20eb793e46b
Published Apr 08, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 09, 2026