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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.4

CVE-2021-23556 json

Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

published 2022-03-17 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-7x48-7466-3g33 , PYSEC-2022-165 , EUVD-2022-0116

cvss
6.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pypi guake 3.8.5
  • n/a guake 3.8.5
  • guake Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.8.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23556

Exploit prediction

1.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • snyk.io https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GUAKE-2386334 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/1796 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L/E:P
CNA 3.1 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi guake
<3.8.5
3.8.5

Affected products

  • n/a guake

References

Sources

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