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Advisory record · GHSA-8qxg-mff5-j3wc

RubyGems Path Traversal vulnerability

CVSS 5.5 MediumEPSS 0.028 · 86th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 14 May 2022, 01:54 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
rubygems-updateRubyGems<2.7.62.7.6
org.jruby:jruby-stdlibMaven<9.1.16.09.1.16.0
Identifiers
GHSA-8qxg-mff5-j3wc · CVE-2018-1000079
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
Tags
Published
14 May 2022
Updated
12 Mar 2024

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Two packages are affected: RubyGems rubygems-update before 2.7.6, and Maven org.jruby:jruby-stdlib before 9.1.16.0. The source describes a directory traversal flaw in gem installation that lets a malicious gem write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem during installation. An attacker would need a user to install a crafted gem. Upgrade rubygems-update to 2.7.6 or later, and jruby-stdlib to 9.1.16.0 or later.

Written 8 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
5.5 Medium 3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N GitHub Advisory Database
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.028, the 86th percentile, on 8 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 15:13 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 15:13 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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