CVE-2018-8779
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
Description
In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, the UNIXServer.open and UNIXSocket.open methods are not checked for null characters. It may be connected to an unintended socket.
How to fix CVE-2018-8779
To remediate CVE-2018-8779, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/ruby—upgrade to 2.5.1-r0 or later
Is CVE-2018-8779 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.5.1-r0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |