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Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpc.c in Nagios Remote Plug-In Executor (NRPE) before 2.14 might allow remote attackers to execute a…
published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-1401
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 71.0%
- EPSS 71.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
- public exploits
- 2
- Metasploit and Exploit-DB
Summary
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpc.c in Nagios Remote Plug-In Executor (NRPE) before 2.14 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via "$()" shell metacharacters, which are processed by bash.
Patch / fix
- nagios-nrpe Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.13-3
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1362
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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-1362 updated cvss 7.5
NRPE: nagios metacharacter filtering omission
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Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 nrpe Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 nrpeaffected: no fix available
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Timeline
- First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/misc/nagios_nrpe_arguments)
- Published
Exploit prediction
71.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- Metasploit exploit/linux/misc/nagios_nrpe_arguments Nagios Remote Plugin Executor Arbitrary Command Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2013-02-21
- EDB-24955 Nagios Remote Plugin Executor - Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit) remote, 2013-04-12
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
References
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exploit-db.com
/exploits/24955
exploit
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00006.html
vendor-advisory
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00005.html
vendor-advisory
- bugzilla.novell.com /show_bug.cgi?id=807241
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seclists.org
/bugtraq/2013/Feb/119
mailing-list
- occamsec.com /vulnerabilities.html#nagios_metacharacter_vulnerability
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2013-1362
- NVD CVE-2013-1362
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