What is CVE-2014-1426?

CVE-2014-1426 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Metal As A Service, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2019-04-22.

How severe is CVE-2014-1426?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Canonical Metal As A Service

CVE-2014-1426

A vulnerability in maasserver.api.get_file_by_name of Ubuntu MAAS allows unauthenticated network clients to download any file. This issue affects: Ubuntu MAAS versions prior to 1.9.2.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2019-04-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Canonical Metal As A Service
Ubuntu Maas — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

launchpad.net/maas/+milestone/1.9.2 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-1426?: CVE-2014-1426 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Metal As A Service, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2019-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2014-1426?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.