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CRITICAL SEVERITY
CVE-2014-6271 GNU · Bourne-Again Shell (Bash)

GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Technical Severity

CVSS v3.1 Metrics

CRITICAL
9.8 / 10
Minimal Risk Critical
Vector Specification
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation Likelihood

EPSS Prediction

94.22 %
Predictive Probability
Percentile Rank
99.9 th

Documented as more likely to be exploited than 99.9% of known CVEs.

Detection Date

Jan 28, 2022

Remediation Due

Jul 28, 2022

CISA Catalog Active

Threat Analysis

GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute code.

Remediation Directive

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

External Intelligence