{"cve":"CVE-2021-23556","nvd":{"published":"2022-03-17T12:15:07.590","modified":"2026-06-17T03:38:49.333","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.0},"cwes":[],"references":["https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/1796","https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017","https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017/commits/e3d671120bfe7ba28f50e256cc5e8a629781b888","https://github.com/Guake/guake/releases","https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GUAKE-2386334"],"products":["guake-project:guake"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:29:06.454770966+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-23556","score":0.0113,"percentile":0.66414,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-7x48-7466-3g33","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7x48-7466-3g33","summary":"Command injection in guake","modified":"2024-11-30T05:44:09.503724Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"guake","purl":"pkg:pypi/guake","ranges":["<3.8.5"],"fixed":["3.8.5"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2022-165","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2022-165","summary":"","modified":"2023-11-08T04:05:11.387134Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"guake","purl":"pkg:pypi/guake","ranges":["<3.8.5"],"fixed":["3.8.5"]}]}],"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."]}