CVE-2014-2914

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-01-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

fish (aka fish-shell) 2.0.0 before 2.1.1 does not restrict access to the configuration service (aka fish_config), which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by set_prompt.

Affected products

fish-shell: from 2.0.0 before 2.1.1 — fixed in 2.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: fish-shell 2.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/4
https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1438
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/4
https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1438

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