CVE-2021-23556
Command injection in guake
6.4
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.82%
Description
The package guake before 3.8.5 are vulnerable to Exposed Dangerous Method or Function due to the exposure of execute_command and execute_command_by_uuid methods via the d-bus interface, which makes it possible for a malicious user to run an arbitrary command via the d-bus method. **Note:** Exploitation requires the user to have installed another malicious program that will be able to send dbus signals or run terminal commands.
How to fix CVE-2021-23556
To remediate CVE-2021-23556, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 3.8.5 or later
- —upgrade to 3.8.5 or later
Is CVE-2021-23556 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0
- from 0, < 3.8.5
- from 0, < 3.8.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L |