Critical (9.8) in anjlab paranoid2. EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The paranoid2 gem 1.1.6 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The current version, without this backdoor, is 1.1.5.
Severity
CVSS 3.0
9.8 critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)