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CVE-2014-1928

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-1928 describes a critical vulnerability in the shell_quote function of python-gnupg version 0.3.5, allowing arbitrary code execution due to improper escaping of shell metacharacters, specifically backslashes. This flaw, an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-7323, affects the python-gnupg project. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it indicates a low complexity local attack that could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0060 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 3,048 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-2jc8-4r6g-282jhigh

python-gnupg's shell_quote function does not properly escape characters

Nov 6, 2018

References

code.google.com / p/python-gnupg
code.google.com / p/python-gnupg/issues/detail
ExploitVendor Advisory
seclists.org / oss-sec/2014/q1/246
Exploit
seclists.org / oss-sec/2014/q1/294
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/56616
secunia.com / advisories/59031
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2946