CVE-2014-1927

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-1927 is a critical vulnerability affecting the python-gnupg library (version 0.3.5) where the shell_quote function fails to properly sanitize strings. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting shell metacharacters, such as command-substitution sequences, through unspecified input vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacks public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), its high FAUCET Risk Score of 52/100 indicates a significant threat. There is no evidence of active exploitation or community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python-gnupg_project:python-gnupg:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0342 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: python-gnupgFixed in: 0.3.6