RCE in Oracle Graalvm
CVE-2019-16255
Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 allows code injection if the first argument (aka the "command" argument) to Shell#[] or Shell#test in lib/shell.rb is untrusted data. An attacker can exploit this to call an…
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.042 (89.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Oracle Graalvm — versions 19.3.0.2
- Ruby-lang Ruby
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-16255?
- CVE-2019-16255 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Graalvm, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-11-26.
- How severe is CVE-2019-16255?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-16255 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.