CVE-2014-2913
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
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 15.3% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-2936)
- Published
- May 7, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-2936 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nagios / remote plugin executor
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166528.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00014.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/240(Exploit)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/242(Exploit)
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/154
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/155
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66969
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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