GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash)
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CVE-2014-7169
GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
overdue since 2022-07-28
GNU: 5 entries (0.3% of all KEV entries are from this vendor); 1 added in 2026.
BOD 26-04 note: this is the date printed in the CISA catalog. A federal agency's actual deadline is set by its SSVC tier - Act (3 days), Attend (14 days), Track (60 days), or the next scheduled upgrade - counted from the KEV listing date or the date the vulnerability is identified in its environment, whichever comes first. Use the tier helper on each CVE page for your own window.
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Description
GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values of environment variables, which allows remote attackers to execute code. This CVE correctly remediates the vulnerability in CVE-2014-6271.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7169
References
Other KEV entries for this vendor: GNU
- CVE-2026-24061 - InetUtils (2026-01-26)
- CVE-2014-6278 - GNU Bash (2025-10-02)
- CVE-2023-4911 - GNU C Library (2023-11-21)
- CVE-2014-6271 - Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) (2022-01-28)
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