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CVE-2019-15224

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-08-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The rest-client gem 1.6.10 through 1.6.13 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. Versions <=1.6.9 and >=1.6.14 are unaffected.

Affected products

• Rest-Client Project Rest-Client: from 1.6.10 through 1.6.13

References

• https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/713
• https://rubygems.org/gems/rest-client/versions/
• https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/713
• https://rubygems.org/gems/rest-client/versions/

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