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CVE-2014-7169

OS Command Injection — is CVE-2014-7169real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community ground truth.

Critical · CVSS 9.8EPSS 99.9%CISA KEVCWE-78 · OS Command Injection

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to write to files or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the mod_cgi and mod_cgid modules in the Apache HTTP Server, scripts executed by unspecified DHCP clients, and other situations in which setting the environment occurs across a privilege boundary from Bash execution. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-6271.

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Community real-world severity: Critical (Critical 3) — CVSS base score 9.8

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    Field note · Priya NairCurated

    Confirmed exploited in the wild — listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2022-01-28). Treat as real and prioritize patching over triage.

Same weaknessCWE-78 · OS Command Injection.