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CVE-2019-16255

Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 allows code injection if the first argument (aka the "command" argument) to Shell#[] or Shell#test in lib/shell.rb is untrusted data. An attacker can exploit this to call an arbitrary Ruby method.

  • Published: Nov 26, 2019
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2019-16255
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.1
  • AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
ruby-lang / ruby 2.6.0 2.6.4.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.5.0 2.5.6.x
ruby-lang / ruby 2.4.0 2.4.7.x
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x
debian / debian_linux 9.0 9.0.x
opensuse / leap 15.1 15.1.x
oracle / graalvm 19.3.0.2 19.3.0.2.x