CVE-2026-40032
UAC < 3.3.0-rc1 Command Injection via Placeholder Substitution
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 8, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 8, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10 | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | MITRE-CVE | ||||
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH | 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10 | ||||
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update UAC to version 3.3.0-rc1 or later.
- Sanitize all user-controlled inputs to eval.
- Avoid passing untrusted data to eval.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Apr. 08, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description 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. Added CVSS V4.0 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 Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CWE CWE-78 Added Reference https://github.com/tclahr/uac/commit/50ace60e172e38feb78347bdf579311c23eff078 Added Reference https://github.com/tclahr/uac/commit/cb95d7166cd47908e1189d9669e43f9a6d3d707f Added Reference https://github.com/tclahr/uac/commit/d0fca5e36d8d6a33a4404f0f6fe92b0424544589 Added Reference https://github.com/tclahr/uac/issues/429 Added Reference https://github.com/tclahr/uac/pull/443 Added Reference https://mobasi.ai/sentinel Added Reference https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/uac-rc1-command-injection-via-placeholder-substitution