CVE-2017-17042

HIGH

YARD < 0.9.11 - Path Traversal via Relative Path Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

lib/yard/core_ext/file.rb in the server in YARD before 0.9.11 does not block relative paths with an initial ../ sequence, which allows attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0289
EPSS Percentile 85.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
rubygems/yard 0 - 0.9.11RubyGems
yardoc/yard < 0.9.11
Published Nov 28, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026