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Vulnerability · Published Mar 17, 2022 · Assigned by snyk

CVE-2021-23556Exposed Dangerous Method or Function

Medium 6.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in guake. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 33.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The package guake before 3.8.5 are vulnerable to Exposed Dangerous Method or Function due to the exposure of execute_command and execute_command_by_uuid methods via the d-bus interface, which makes it possible for a malicious user to run an arbitrary command via the d-bus method. **Note:** Exploitation requires the user to have installed another malicious program that will be able to send dbus signals or run terminal commands.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12guake3.8.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23556
Debian:13guake3.8.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23556
Debian:14guake3.8.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23556
PyPIguake3.8.5GHSA-7x48-7466-3g33
PyPIguake3.8.5PYSEC-2022-165
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSguakeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-23556
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSguakeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-23556
Ubuntu:25.10guakeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-23556
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSguakeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-23556
Ubuntu:26.10guakeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-23556

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a guake unspecified – before 3.8.5

References