Description
Mechanize is an open-source ruby library that makes automated web interaction easy. In Mechanize from version 2.0.0 and before version 2.7.7 there is a command injection vulnerability. Affected versions of mechanize allow for OS commands to be injected using several classes' methods which implicitly use Ruby's Kernel.open method. Exploitation is possible only if untrusted input is used as a local filename and passed to any of these calls: Mechanize::CookieJar#load, Mechanize::CookieJar#save_as, Mechanize#download, Mechanize::Download#save, Mechanize::File#save, and Mechanize::FileResponse#read_body. This is fixed in version 2.7.7.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize/security/advisories/GHSA-qrqm-fpv6-6r8g
Product, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://rubygems.org/gems/mechanize/
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize/releases/tag/v2.7.7
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/sparklemotion/mechanize/commit/66a6a1bfa653a5f13274a396a5e5441238656aa0
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LBVVJUL4P4KCJH4IQTHFZ4ATXY7XXZPV/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YNFZ7ROYS6V4J5L5PRAJUG2AWC7VXR2V/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-17
Scores
CVSS v3
7.4
EPSS
0.0250
EPSS Percentile
85.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-78
Status
published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
fedoraproject/fedora
32
fedoraproject/fedora
33
mechanize_project/mechanize
2.0 - 2.7.7
rubygems/mechanize
2.0.0 - 2.7.7RubyGems
Published
Feb 02, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026