GNU vulnerabilities
- GNU has 137 CVE records published between 28 Oct 2023 and 28 Oct 2026, ranking #91 of 420 vendors on this site by that count.
- Of the 137 with a CVSS score, 17 (12.4%) are rated critical or high; 0 (0% of all) have no CVSS score.
- 5 vulnerabilities attributed to GNU are listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog; the most recent, CVE-2026-24061, was added on 26 Jan 2026.
- None of them is marked as known to be used in ransomware campaigns.
- For the 5 KEV entries with a published CVE record, the median time from CVE publication to KEV listing is 2,682 days.
Records are attributed to GNU from the vendor named in the source records. About the data.
CVE records per year
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| Year | CVE records |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2025 | 60 |
| 2026 | 67 |
2026 is partial (through 28 Oct 2026), shown in a lighter bar.
| Year | Records | Critical | High | Critical or high | Not scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 67 | 2 | 7 | 13.4% | 0% |
| 2025 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 1.7% | 0% |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 70% | 0% |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 25% | 42.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 100% |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Before 2017 | 3 | ||||
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Exploited vulnerabilities in CISA's KEV catalog
| CVE | Product | Name | Added | Ransomware |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-24061 | InetUtils | GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Vulnerability | 2026-01-26 | Unknown |
| CVE-2014-6278 | GNU Bash | GNU Bash OS Command Injection Vulnerability | 2025-10-02 | Unknown |
| CVE-2023-4911 | GNU C Library | GNU C Library Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | 2023-11-21 | Unknown |
| CVE-2014-6271 | Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) | GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability | 2022-01-28 | Unknown |
| CVE-2014-7169 | Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) | GNU Bourne-Again Shell (Bash) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability | 2022-01-28 | Unknown |
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.27, as of 27 Oct 2026. About the data.
Highest exploit-prediction scores (EPSS)
EPSS estimates the probability that a vulnerability is exploited in the next 30 days. These are the 10 highest-scoring GNU records today.
| CVE | EPSS | Percentile | Severity | In KEV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2014-6271 | 100% | 100% | Critical | Yes |
| CVE-2014-7169 | 99.9% | 100% | Critical | Yes |
| CVE-2014-6278 | 99.7% | 100% | High | Yes |
| CVE-2026-24061 | 99% | 99.9% | Critical | Yes |
| CVE-2023-4911 | 63.8% | 99.2% | High | Yes |
| CVE-2026-32746 | 44.1% | 98.7% | Critical | No |
| CVE-2019-1010180 | 2.6% | 85.4% | Not scored | No |
| CVE-2015-0837 | 2% | 80.2% | Not scored | No |
| CVE-2022-2469 | 1.6% | 75.3% | Low | No |
| CVE-2025-43919 | 1.4% | 72.5% | Medium | No |
Source: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.27, as of 27 Oct 2026. About the data.
Related vendors
Vendors named on the same CVE records as GNU.
- Red Hat (6 shared records)