CVE-2014-2913
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpe.c in Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) 2.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute…
- Published
- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpe.c in Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) 2.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a newline character in the -a option to libexec/check_nrpe. NOTE: this issue is disputed by multiple parties. It has been reported that the vendor allows newlines as "expected behavior." Also, this issue can only occur when the administrator enables the "dont_blame_nrpe" option in nrpe.conf despite the "HIGH security risk" warning within the comments
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.3% · top 3.2% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0603 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 66969 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140422 Re: CVE Request: Nagios Remote Plugin Executor <= 2.15 Remote Command Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-15398 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0594 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0682 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140422 Re: CVE Request: Nagios Remote Plugin Executor <= 2.15 Remote Command Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20140417 NRPE - Nagios Remote Plugin Executor <= 2.15 Remote Command Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20140418 Re: NRPE - Nagios Remote Plugin Executor <= 2.15 Remote Command Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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