Security advisory

{
  "id": "1b2d1c6fffcc3d7497b365a74e24a7aa80897827d6472e6af56ad1bcc32351f8",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23556",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-23556",
    "summary": "The package guake before 3.8.5 are 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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-23556",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-23556",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-23556",
        "GHSA-7x48-7466-3g33",
        "PYSEC-2022-165",
        "SNYK-PYTHON-GUAKE-2386334"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/guake/guake",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "c48caa7a39f511a617b9541b88ef59bab6a21264"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:guake-project:guake:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.8.5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.8.5.0rc2",
            "3.8.5.0rc1",
            "3.8.4",
            "3.8.3",
            "3.8.2",
            "3.8.2.0rc1",
            "3.8.1",
            "3.8.0",
            "3.8.0.0rc3",
            "3.8.0.0rc2",
            "3.8.0.0rc1",
            "3.7.0",
            "3.6.3",
            "3.6.2",
            "3.6.1",
            "3.6.0",
            "3.5.0",
            "3.0.5",
            "3.4.0",
            "3.3.3",
            "3.3.2",
            "3.3.1",
            "3.3.0",
            "3.2.2",
            "3.2.1",
            "3.2.0",
            "3.1.1",
            "3.1.0",
            "3.0.4",
            "3.0.3",
            "3.0.2",
            "3.0.1",
            "3.0.0",
            "3.0.0.b2",
            "3.0.0.b1",
            "3.0.0.a5",
            "3.0.0.a4",
            "3.0.0-a4",
            "0.8.11",
            "0.8.10",
            "0.8.9",
            "0.4.4",
            "0.4.3",
            "0.4.2",
            "0.4.1",
            "0.4.0",
            "0.3.0",
            "first_alpha_release"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-23556.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:32.987824696Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/Guake/guake/releases",
        "https://github.com/Guake/guake/issues/1796",
        "https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017",
        "https://github.com/Guake/guake/pull/2017/commits/e3d671120bfe7ba28f50e256cc5e8a629781b888",
        "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GUAKE-2386334"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-23556",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385552,
  "published_at": "2022-03-17T12:15:07.59+00:00"
}