CVE-2014-1928

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The shell_quote function in python-gnupg 0.3.5 does not properly escape characters, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in unspecified vectors, as demonstrated using "\" (backslash) characters to form multi-command sequences, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-1927. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7323.

Affected products

Python-Gnupg Project Python-Gnupg: through 0.3.5

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/246
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/294
http://secunia.com/advisories/56616
http://secunia.com/advisories/59031
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2946
https://code.google.com/p/python-gnupg/
https://code.google.com/p/python-gnupg/issues/detail?id=98
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/246
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/294
http://secunia.com/advisories/56616
http://secunia.com/advisories/59031
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2946

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