CVE-2026-40032 json
UAC < 3.3.0-rc1 Command Injection via Placeholder Substitution
published 2026-04-08 7 mo ago modified 2026-11-08 24 h ago also EUVD-2026-20775
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
UAC (Unix-like Artifacts Collector) before 3.3.0-rc1 contains a command injection vulnerability in the placeholder substitution and command execution pipeline where the _run_command() function passes constructed command strings directly to eval without proper sanitization. Attackers can inject shell metacharacters or command substitutions through attacker-controlled inputs including %line% values from foreach iterators and %user% / %user_home% values derived from system files to achieve arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the UAC process.
Patch / fix
- tclahr UAC 3.3.0-rc1
- github.com/tclahr/uac@cb95d71 commit
- github.com/tclahr/uac@50ace60 commit
- github.com/tclahr/uac@d0fca5e commit
- github.com/tclahr/uac#443 pull request
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 7 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.5 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 4.0 | 8.5 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- tclahr UAC
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
References
-
github.com
/tclahr/uac/pull/443
issue-tracking, patch
-
github.com
/tclahr/uac/commit/cb95d7166cd47908e1189d9669e43f9a6d3d707f
patch
-
github.com
/tclahr/uac/commit/50ace60e172e38feb78347bdf579311c23eff078
patch
-
github.com
/tclahr/uac/commit/d0fca5e36d8d6a33a4404f0f6fe92b0424544589
patch
-
mobasi.ai
/sentinel
vendor-advisory
-
github.com
/tclahr/uac/issues/429
issue-tracking
-
vulncheck.com
/advisories/uac-rc1-command-injection-via-placeholder-substitution
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-40032
- NVD CVE-2026-40032
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