{"cve":"CVE-2014-2913","nvd":{"published":"2014-05-07T10:55:06.977","modified":"2026-06-17T00:07:21.267","status":"Modified","description":"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","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"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"],"products":["nagios:remote_plugin_executor","opensuse:opensuse"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:33:06.232976534+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-2913","score":0.15312,"percentile":0.96773,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}