CVE-2016-7954

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-12-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Bundler 1.x might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary Ruby code into an application by leveraging a gem name collision on a secondary source. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2013-0334.

Affected products

rubygem-bundler: 1.0.0, 1.0.0-beta1, 1.0.0-beta10, 1.0.0-beta6, 1.0.0-beta7, 1.0.0-beta8 (+177)

References

http://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2016/10/06/bundlers-multiple-source-security-vulnerability/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93423
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381951
https://github.com/bundler/bundler/issues/5051
https://github.com/bundler/bundler/issues/5062
http://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2016/10/06/bundlers-multiple-source-security-vulnerability/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/3

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