CVE-2013-1362
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 "$()" shell metacharacters, which are processed by bash.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 71.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpc.c in Nagios Remote Plug-In Executor (NRPE) before 2.14 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via "$()" shell metacharacters, which are processed by bash.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 71.01% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 12 April 2013
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- opensuse/opensuse · nagios/remote plug in executor
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 71.0% on 28 October 2026 to 71.0% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- 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
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.