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CVE-2017-0899

RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications that include terminal escape characters.…

Critical9.8EPSS 11.1%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
hackerone

Description

RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications that include terminal escape characters. Printing the gem specification would execute terminal escape sequences.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2017-0899, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0Critical9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
11.1% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.

Weakness

Affected products

  • HackerOne · RubyGems

    • affected Versions before 2.6.13

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

References (13)

Sources

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