CVSS 3.1
8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2019-8324
An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. A crafted gem with a multi-line name is not handled correctly. Therefore, an attacker could inject arbitrary code to the stub line of gemspec, which is eval-ed by code in ensure_loadable_spec during the preinstall check.
Severity
- EPSS
- 3.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 88% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-94
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- opensuse:leap
- redhat:enterprise_linux
- rubygems:rubygems
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-76wm-422q-92mq | RubyGems | rubygems-update | >=2.6.0 <2.7.9 | 2.7.9 |
| GHSA-76wm-422q-92mq | RubyGems | rubygems-update | >=3.0.0 <3.0.2 | 3.0.2 |