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
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | High | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub Advisory Database |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.038, the 90th percentile, on 10 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-wwh7-4jw9-33x6
- OSV: GHSA-wwh7-4jw9-33x6
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16516
- github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/issues/176
- github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/pull/178
- github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/2158
- github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby/commit/a8ca8f476655adaa187eedc60bdc770fff3c51ce
- github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/yajl-ruby/CVE-2017-16516.yml
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00010.html
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00013.html
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00003.html
- rubygems.org/gems/yajl-ruby