RubyGems Path Traversal vulnerability
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 14, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Mar 10, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Mar 13, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 14, 2022
Reviewed
Mar 10, 2023
Last updated
Mar 10, 2023
RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in gem installation that can result in the gem writing to arbitrary filesystem locations during installation. This attack appears to be exploitable via installation of a malicious gem. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.6.
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