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CVE-2022-36231
pdf_info 0.5.3 is vulnerable to Command Execution because the Ruby code uses backticks instead of Open3.
Critical9.8EPSS 3.0%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
pdf_info 0.5.3 is vulnerable to Command Execution because the Ruby code uses backticks instead of Open3.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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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
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemspdf_infoGHSA-9fh3-j99m-f4v7 (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://rubygems.org/gems/pdf_info (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/affix/CVE-2022-36231 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/newspaperclub/pdf_info/pull/15 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/newspaperclub/pdf_info/issues/16 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9fh3-j99m-f4v7 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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