# RubyGems passenger gem allows remote attackers to delete files

Advisory record · `GHSA-8mw8-j583-vqfg`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-8mw8-j583-vqfg` · `CVE-2012-6135`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-20](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-20](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-20.md)
- **Published:** 23 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 22 Feb 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 23 Apr 2022, 00:40 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `passenger` (RubyGems): affected `<4.0.0.rc4`; fixed in `4.0.0.rc4`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`, from GitHub Advisory Database

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.023, the 83rd percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 23 Apr 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-8mw8-j583-vqfg](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8mw8-j583-vqfg)
- [OSV: GHSA-8mw8-j583-vqfg](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8mw8-j583-vqfg)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6135>
- <https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/8c6693e0818772c345c979840d28312c2edd4ba4>
- <https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/8c6693e0818772c345c979840d28312c2edd4ba4#commitcomment-2643541>
- <https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82533>
- <https://github.com/phusion/passenger>
- <https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2012-6135.yml>
- <https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6135>
- <https://web.archive.org/web/20200918164919/https://old.blog.phusion.nl/2013/03/05/phusion-passenger-4-0-beta-1-and-2-arbitrary-file-deletion-vulnerability>
- <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/02/1>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-8mw8-j583-vqfg>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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