RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications to cause a denial of service attack against RubyGems clients who have issued a query command.
CVE-2017-0900
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 14.3%, top 6% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 94.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 31, 2017
Last Modified
May 13, 2026
References (24)
- support@hackeronehttp://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
- support@hackeronehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100579
- support@hackeronehttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
- support@hackeronehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
- support@hackeronehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
- support@hackeronehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
- support@hackeronehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
- support@hackeronehttps://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/8a38a4fc24c6591e6c8f43d1fadab6efeb4d6251
- support@hackeronehttps://hackerone.com/reports/243003
- support@hackeronehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- support@hackeronehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
- support@hackeronehttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100579
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | ruby1.9.3 (1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.5) @ trusty | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
| redhat | rh-ruby22-ruby-0:2.2.9-19.el7 | 2018-03-26 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-ruby23-ruby-0:2.3.6-67.el7 | 2018-03-26 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby-0:2.0.0.648-33.el7_4 | 2018-02-28 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-ruby24-ruby-0:2.4.2-86.el7 | 2017-12-19 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
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RubyGems(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems-update | 0.8.10 ... 2.6.9 (139 versions) | 2.6.13 | — |
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