An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. Since Gem::UserInteraction#verbose calls say without escaping, escape sequence injection is possible.
CVE-2019-8321
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 3.4%, top 13% 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)
- EG Risk
- —
- EPSS
- 87.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 17, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (6)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
- cve@mitrehttps://hackerone.com/reports/317330
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/317330
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2019-8321(6)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2020:2769Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby security update
- RHBA-2019:3384Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: ruby:2.5 bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2019:1429Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: CloudForms 4.7.5 security, bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2019:1235Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby security update
- RHSA-2019:1150Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-ruby24-ruby security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2019:1148Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-ruby25-ruby security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | ruby2.3-tcltk (2.3.1-2~16.04.12) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | ruby-0:2.0.0.648-37.el7_4 | 2020-06-30 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby:2.5-8010020190711131821.cdc1202b | 2019-11-05 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby-0:2.4.6-91.el7cf | 2019-06-11 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby-0:2.0.0.648-35.el7_6 | 2019-05-15 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-ruby24-ruby-0:2.4.6-92.el7 | 2019-05-13 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-ruby25-ruby-0:2.5.5-7.el7 | 2019-05-13 | 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
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
RubyGems(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems-update | 3.0.0, 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(1)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
Data Freshness Timeline
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