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CVE-2014-6278 Unmapped

GNU Bash OS Command Injection Vulnerability

Vendor / product: GNU — GNU Bash
Description (CISA): GNU Bash contains an OS command injection vulnerability which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted environment.
Added to KEV: 2025-10-02 — after the latest CTID mapping snapshot (2025-07-28)
Due date: 2025-10-23
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Known ransomware use: Unknown
CWE: CWE-78
CISA notes: This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.3-patches/bash43-027
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/23467
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140926-bash
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/security-bulletin-update-vulnerabilities-bash-affect-aix-toolbox-linux-applications-cve-2014-6271-cve-2014-6277-cve-2014-6278-cve-2014-7169-cve-2014-7186-and-cve-2014-7187
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6278
Elsewhere: cve.org · NVD · CISA KEV · JSON

ATT&CK techniques

No public source states how this vulnerability is exploited in ATT&CK terms.

The only authoritative CVE → ATT&CK mapping in the open — CTID's Mappings Explorer, pinned to a KEV snapshot of 2025-07-28 and ATT&CK 16.1 — does not include CVE-2014-6278. This entry was added to KEV on 2025-10-02, after that snapshot; of the 283 entries added since, 0 have a mapping. CISA's catalogue carries no technique field. kevmap does not infer techniques from the CWE (CWE-78) — here is why — and does not guess.

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