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CVE-2017-1000037

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

RVM automatically loads environment variables from files in $PWD resulting in command execution RVM vulnerable to command injection when automatically loading environment variables from files in $PWD RVM automatically executes hooks located in $PWD resulting in code execution RVM automatically installs gems as specified by files in $PWD resulting in code execution RVM automatically does "bundle install" on a Gemfile specified by .versions.conf in $PWD resulting in code execution

Affected products

• Rvm Project Rvm: through 1.28.0

References

• https://github.com/justinsteven/advisories/blob/master/2017_rvm_cd_command_execution.md
• https://github.com/justinsteven/advisories/blob/master/2017_rvm_cd_command_execution.md

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