medium6.4
CVE-2021-23556
Command injection in guake
Impact
Guake is a drop-down terminal for GNOME. The package guake before 3.8.5 is vulnerable to Exposed Dangerous Method or Function due to the exposure of execute_command and execute_command_by_uuid methods via the d-bus interface, which makes it possible for a malicious user to run an arbitrary command via the d-bus method. **Note:** Exploitation requires the user to have installed another malicious program that will be able to send dbus signals or run terminal commands.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | guake | < 3.8.5 | 3.8.5 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Guake-Project | Guake | before 3.8.5 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/1796
- https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017
- https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017/commits/e3d671120bfe7ba28f50e256cc5e8a629781b888
- https://github.com/Guake/guake/releases
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GUAKE-2386334
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7x48-7466-3g33
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23556
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/guake/PYSEC-2022-165.yaml
- https://github.com/Guake/guake/commit/b769b3a5fd71a107c58679d217cccc971b4196b4