GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-5H5R-FFC4-C455strong_password Ruby gem malicious version causing Remote Code Execution vulnerability
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
82.9%
The strong_password gem 0.0.7 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. Version 0.0.8 does not contain the backdoor.
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| strong_password_project | strong_password | 0.0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:strong_password_project:strong_password:0.0.7:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* |
References
benjamin-bouchet.com/blog/vulnerabilite-dans-la-gem-strong_password-0-0-7/
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5h5r-ffc4-c455
github.com/bdmac/strong_password/releases
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/strong_password/CVE-2019-13354.yml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13354
rubygems.org/gems/strong_password/versions
withatwist.dev/strong-password-rubygem-hijacked.html
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
82.9%