{"id":"CVE-2014-2913","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-2913","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T07:06:32.520Z","title":"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.","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","published":"2014-05-07T10:55:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:07:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["nagios/remote plugin executor","opensuse/opensuse"],"epss":{"score":0.15312,"percentile":0.96783,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":2,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2014-04-18","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":34461,"kind":"exploit","title":"NRPE 2.15 - Remote Code Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34461","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/remote/34461.py","file":"exploits/multiple/remote/34461.py","published":"2014-08-29","added":"2014-08-29","updated":"2014-08-29","author":"Claudio Viviani","type":"remote","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2014-2913","OSVDB-106007"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comnrpe-2.15.tar.gz","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null},{"edbId":32925,"kind":"exploit","title":"NRPE 2.15 - Remote Command Execution","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32925","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/remote/32925.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/remote/32925.txt","published":"2014-04-18","added":"2014-04-18","updated":"2014-04-18","author":"Dawid Golunski","type":"remote","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["OSVDB-106007","CVE-2014-2913"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comnrpe-2.15.tar.gz","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"http://legalhackers.com/advisories/nagios-nrpe.txt"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166528.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00011.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00005.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00014.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/240","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/242","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/154","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/155","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66969","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166528.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00011.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00005.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00014.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/240","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/242","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/154","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/155","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66969","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2913","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}