RCE in Ruby-Lang Rake
CVE-2020-8130
There is an OS command injection vulnerability in Ruby Rake < 12.3.3 in Rake::FileList when supplying a filename that begins with the pipe character `|`.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (70.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ruby-Lang Rake
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 19.10
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 30, 31
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1
- Https://github.com/ruby/ruby — versions Fixed in Rake 12.3.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- hackerone.com/reports/651518 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00026.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4295-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00041.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-8130?
- CVE-2020-8130 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ruby-Lang Rake, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2020-02-24.
- How severe is CVE-2020-8130?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-8130 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.