CVEs / CVE-2013-1362
CVE-2013-1362: n/a n/a vulnerability
- high 7.5 CVSS 2.0 (NVD)
- EPSS 71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (1 Nov 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Description
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.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 30 Oct 2026.
Severity
| CVSS 2.0 | 7.5 highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
References
- CVE-2013-1362 on NVD
- CVE-2013-1362 on OSV
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00006.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Feb/119
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24955
- http://www.occamsec.com/vulnerabilities.html#nagios_metacharacter_vulnerability
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807241
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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