CVE-2021-23556: Guake-Project Guake

High severity, CVSS 8.0. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Guake-Project Guake: before 3.8.5 (fixed in 3.8.5)

Published 2022-03-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.