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CVE-2019-8325

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-06-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. Since Gem::CommandManager#run calls alert_error without escaping, escape sequence injection is possible. (There are many ways to cause an error.)

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0
• openSUSE Leap: 15.0, 15.1
• rubygems: from 2.6.0 through 3.0.2

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
• https://hackerone.com/reports/317353
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
• https://hackerone.com/reports/317353
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html

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