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GNU bash vulnerabilities

18 published CVES affecting GNU bash, from public sources (CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV).

Total
18
Critical
2
High
11
Medium
4
Low
1
Unscored
0
CISA KEV
3

Latest GNU bash CVEs

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  1. HighCVSS 7.8 EPSS 2.6%

    An issue was discovered in disable_priv_mode in shell.c in GNU Bash through 5.0 patch 11. By default, if Bash is run with its effective UID not equal to its real UID, it will drop privileges by setting its effective UID to its real UID. However, it does so incorrectly. On Linux a...

  2. HighCVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.53%

    A heap-based buffer overflow exists in GNU Bash before 4.3 when wide characters, not supported by the current locale set in the LC_CTYPE environment variable, are printed through the echo built-in function. A local attacker, who can provide data to print through the "echo -e" bui...

  3. HighCVSS 10.0 EPSS 99.7% CISA KEV added 2025-10-02 Exploited in the wild Framework module Public exploit

    GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 does not properly parse function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH ssh...

  4. HighCVSS 10.0 EPSS 64.3%

    The redirection implementation in parse.y in GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted use of here documents, aka the "redir_stack"...

  5. HighCVSS 10.0 EPSS 58.5%

    Off-by-one error in the read_token_word function in parse.y in GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via deeply nested for loops, aka the "w...

  6. HighCVSS 10.0 EPSS 64.3%

    GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-026 does not properly parse function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access, and untrusted-pointer read and write operations)...

  7. CriticalCVSS 9.8 EPSS 99.9% CISA KEV added 2022-01-28 Exploited in the wild Public exploit PoC

    GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to write to files or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vect...

  8. CriticalCVSS 9.8 EPSS 100.0% CISA KEV added 2022-01-28 Exploited in the wild Framework module Public exploit PoC

    GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted environment, as demonstrated by vectors involving the ForceCommand feature in OpenSSH sshd, the...

  9. MediumCVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.41%

    Stack-based buffer overflow in lib/sh/eaccess.c in GNU Bash before 4.2 patch 33 might allow local users to bypass intended restricted shell access via a long filename in /dev/fd, which is not properly handled when expanding the /dev/fd prefix.

  10. LowCVSS 2.1 EPSS 0.67%

    The /etc/profile.d/60alias.sh script in the Mandriva bash package for Bash 2.05b, 3.0, 3.2, 3.2.48, and 4.0 enables the --show-control-chars option in LS_OPTIONS, which allows local users to send escape sequences to terminal emulators, or hide the existence of a file, via a craft...

  11. MediumCVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.40%

    (1) bash before 1.14.7, and (2) tcsh 6.05 allow local users to gain privileges via directory names that contain shell metacharacters (` back-tick), which can cause the commands enclosed in the directory name to be executed when the shell expands filenames using the \w option in t...

Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV and public exploit-reference metadata. Product matching comes from the published CVE records. A proof-of-concept means public code exists; it is not evidence of exploitation.