CVE-2026-40029EPSS p70.1%

CVE-2026-40029CVE-2026-40029

khyrenz / parseusbs

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.

Scoring

CVSS 7.8 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS1.33% probability of exploitation · percentile 70.1% · 2026-10-06T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-07-24
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.