What is CVE-2014-8126?

CVE-2014-8126 is a high-severity vulnerability in Htcondor, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2014-8126?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Htcondor

CVE-2014-8126

The scheduler in HTCondor before 8.2.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code.

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

Published 2020-01-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.031 (87.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Htcondor — versions before 8.2.6
Wisc Htcondor

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www-auth.cs.wisc.edu/lists/htcondor-users/2015-January/msg00034.shtml (Vendor Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0035.html (Third Party Advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0036.html (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8126?: CVE-2014-8126 is a high-severity vulnerability in Htcondor, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2014-8126?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.