What is CVE-2019-16060?

CVE-2019-16060 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Airbrake Ruby. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-06.

How severe is CVE-2019-16060?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-16060 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Airbrake Ruby

CVE-2019-16060

The Airbrake Ruby notifier 4.2.3 for Airbrake mishandles the blacklist_keys configuration option and consequently may disclose passwords to unauthorized actors. This is fixed in 4.2.4 (also, 4.2.2 and earlier are unaffected).

EPSS: 0.014 (71.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Airbrake Airbrake_ruby — versions 4.2.3
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16060?: CVE-2019-16060 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Airbrake Ruby. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-06.
How severe is CVE-2019-16060?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-16060 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.