An issue was discovered in Ruby 2.5.x through 2.5.7, 2.6.x through 2.6.5, and 2.7.0. If a victim calls BasicSocket#read_nonblock(requested_size, buffer, exception: false), the method resizes the buffer to fit the requested size, but no data is copied. Thus, the buffer string provides the previous value of the heap. This may expose possibly sensitive data from the interpreter.
CVE-2020-10933
Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 29(Track)EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity53% × 45%Exploitation3% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 83.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 4, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (8)
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F4TNVTT66VPRMX5UZYSDGSVRXKKDDDU5/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200625-0001/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4721
- cve@mitrehttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2020/03/31/heap-exposure-in-socket-cve-2020-10933/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F4TNVTT66VPRMX5UZYSDGSVRXKKDDDU5/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200625-0001/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4721
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2020/03/31/heap-exposure-in-socket-cve-2020-10933/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2020-10933(6)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2022:0582Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby:2.6 security update
- RHSA-2022:0581Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby:2.6 security update
- RHSA-2021:2587Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby:2.5 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2021:2588Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: ruby:2.6 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2021:2230Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-ruby26-ruby security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2021:2104Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
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~ubuntu16.04.15) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | ruby:2.6-8020020220201131207.4cda2c84 | 2022-02-21 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby:2.6-8010020220201152941.c27ad7f8 | 2022-02-21 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby:2.5-8040020200923213910.522a0ee4 | 2021-06-29 | redhat |
| redhat | ruby:2.6-8040020210430142949.522a0ee4 | 2021-06-29 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-ruby26-ruby-0:2.6.7-119.el7 | 2021-06-03 | redhat |
| redhat | rh-ruby25-ruby-0:2.5.9-9.el7 | 2021-05-26 | 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.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(2)
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.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2020-109332020-09-25
An issue was discovered in Ruby 2.5.x through 2.5.7 2.6.x through 2.6.5 and 2.7.0. If a victim calls BasicSocket#read_nonblock(requested_size buffer exception: false) the method resizes the buffer to fit the requested size but no data is copied. Thus the buffer string provides the previous value of the heap. This may expose possibly sensitive data from the interpreter.
- UbuntuUSN-4882-1LOW
Ruby vulnerabilities
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