CVE-2019-15224
rest-client Gem Contains Malicious Code
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.5%
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. Users of an affected version should consider downgrading to the last non-affected version of 1.6.9, or upgrading to 1.7.x. Additionally, a set of other minor gems have been partially or completely yanked and are included in this advisory. These include cron_parser, coin_base, blockchain_wallet, awesome-bot, doge-coin, capistrano-colors, bitcoin_vanity, lita_coin, coming-soon, and omniauth_amazon.
How to fix CVE-2019-15224
To remediate CVE-2019-15224, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
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- —upgrade to 1.7.0 or later
Is CVE-2019-15224 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (10)
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- >= 1.0.13, <= 1.0.14
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- >= 1.6.10, < 1.7.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
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| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |