CVE-2017-5932

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The path autocompletion feature in Bash 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted filename starting with a " (double quote) character and a command substitution metacharacter.

Affected products

GNU Bash: 4.4

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/commit/?id=4f747edc625815f449048579f6e65869914dd715
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/08/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96136
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2017-01/msg00034.html
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/commit/?id=4f747edc625815f449048579f6e65869914dd715
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/08/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96136
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2017-01/msg00034.html

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