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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.5 High

CVE-2026-40029

parseusbs < 1.9 Command Injection via Crafted LNK Filename

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

khyrenz parseusbs

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 1.9.0affected
  • 1.9.0unaffected
  • 99f05996494e7e41ea0c7e13145ba20eb793e46bunaffected

References