CVE-2019-8325

HIGH

RubyGems 2.6.0-3.0.2 - Escape Sequence Injection via Error Message Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. Since Gem::CommandManager#run calls alert_error without escaping, escape sequence injection is possible. (There are many ways to cause an error.)

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://hackerone.com/reports/317353
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0033
EPSS Percentile 55.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-74
Status published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
opensuse/leap 15.0
opensuse/leap 15.1
rubygems/rubygems 2.6.0 - 3.0.2
rubygems/rubygems-update 2.6.0 - 2.7.9RubyGems
Published Jun 17, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026