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CVE-2017-8418

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-668

Description

RuboCop 0.48.1 and earlier does not use /tmp in safe way, allowing local users to exploit this to tamper with cache files belonging to other users.

Affected products

• Rubocop Project Rubocop: through 0.48.1

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/14
• https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop/issues/4336
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/14
• https://github.com/bbatsov/rubocop/issues/4336

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