Vulnerability in Rubygems
CVE-2019-8323
An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. Gem::GemcutterUtilities#with_response may output the API response to stdout as it is. Therefore, if the API side modifies the response, escape sequence injection may occur.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.033 (88.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.033 · change: -0.001
Affected products
- Rubygems
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.0, 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- hackerone.com/reports/315081 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-8323?
- CVE-2019-8323 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rubygems, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-06-17.
- How severe is CVE-2019-8323?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-8323 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.