RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in owner command that can result in code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via victim must run the gem owner command on a gem with a specially crafted YAML file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.
CVE-2018-1000074
This high-severity CVE scores 7.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 2.9%, top 14% 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
- 7.8
- EG Score
- 7.8(medium)
- EPSS
- 85.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 13, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (36)
- cve@mitrehttp://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
- cve@mitrehttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/254e3d0ee873c008c0b74e8b8abcbdab4caa0a6d
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00017.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00028.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/
- cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-2/
Patch Availability(10)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | ruby2.0-tcltk (2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.8) @ trusty | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | ruby2.3-tcltk (2.3.1-2~16.04.7) @ xenial | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | ruby2.3-tcltk (2.3.1-2~16.04.10) @ xenial | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| redhat | ruby-0:2.0.0.648-36.el7_6 | 2020-03-03 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby-0:2.0.0.648-35.el7_4 | 2020-02-25 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby-0:2.0.0.648-35.el7_5 | 2020-02-19 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby-0:2.0.0.648-36.el7 | 2019-08-06 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-ruby25-ruby-0:2.5.3-6.el7 | 2018-11-29 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-ruby23-ruby-0:2.3.8-69.el7 | 2018-11-29 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-ruby24-ruby-0:2.4.5-91.el7 | 2018-11-29 | 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
(2 across 2 ecosystems)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.jruby:jruby-stdlib | 1.6.0 ... 9.1.9.0 (73 versions) | 9.1.16.0 | — |
RubyGems(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems-update | 0.8.10 ... 2.7.5 (148 versions) | 2.7.6 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(10)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2018:3729MODERATE2018-02-15
RHSA-2018:3729 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2018:3730MODERATE2018-02-15
RHSA-2018:3730 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2018:3731MODERATE2018-02-15
RHSA-2018:3731 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2019:2028MODERATE2018-02-15
RHSA-2019:2028 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0542MODERATE2018-02-15
RHSA-2020:0542 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0591MODERATE2018-02-15
RHSA-2020:0591 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0663MODERATE2018-02-15
RHSA-2020:0663 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-3621-1MEDIUM
Ruby vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-3621-2MEDIUM
Ruby regression
- UbuntuUSN-3685-1MEDIUM
Ruby vulnerabilities
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