Vulnerability in Rubygems
CVE-2019-8321
An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. Since Gem::UserInteraction#verbose calls say without escaping, escape sequence injection is possible.
EPSS: 0.034 (87.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Rubygems
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.0, 15.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-8321?
- CVE-2019-8321 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rubygems, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-06-17.
- How severe is CVE-2019-8321?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-8321 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.