CVE-2017-0901

HIGH7.5EPSS 20.2%

RubyGems may allow a maliciously crafted gem to overwrite files

Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier fails to validate specification names, allowing a maliciously crafted gem to potentially overwrite any file on the filesystem.

Affected packages (3)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References (19)