Path Traversal in Rbenv Project

CVE-2017-1000047

rbenv (all current versions) is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in the specification of Ruby version resulting in arbitrary code execution

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.037 (88.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Rbenv_project Rbenv
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

justinsteven/advisories

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000047?: CVE-2017-1000047 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rbenv Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000047?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-1000047 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.