brbackup exposes database password to unauthorized users

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.0042, the 36th percentile, on 11 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 5 Mar 2018. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-vqcm-7f7f-r539
• OSV: GHSA-vqcm-7f7f-r539
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5004
• github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/brbackup/CVE-2014-5004.yml
• web.archive.org/web/20200229054738/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68506
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/6
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/5
• www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/brbackup-0.1.1.html

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.