01 Record

CVE-2016-7954

Bundler 1.x might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary Ruby code into an application by leveraging a gem name collision on a secondary source. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2013-0334.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Bundler 1.x might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary Ruby code into an application by leveraging a gem name collision on a secondary source. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2013-0334.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 8.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 95.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2016-12-22 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:13Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

16813bb88c12bdd954da1ed778048a172c8952975cdb86fe68624c0952a1d3dd

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

bundlerbundlerNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatopenshiftNot specified—

redhatopenstackNot specified—

redhatrhel_software_collectionsNot specified—

redhatsatelliteNot specified—

rhel_sam1Not specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com93423http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93423vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
github.comhttps://github.com/bundler/bundler/issues/5062x_refsource_CONFIRM
collectiveidea.comhttp://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2016/10/06/bundlers-multiple-source-security-vulnerability/x_refsource_MISC
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381951x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161004 Re: Re: CVE request for code execution via gem name collission in bundler (was Re: CVE Request)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161004 Re: CVE request for code execution via gem name collission in bundler (was Re: CVE Request)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161004 Re: Re: CVE request for code execution via gem name collission in bundler (was Re: CVE Request)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
github.comhttps://github.com/bundler/bundler/issues/5051x_refsource_CONFIRM

07 Fixed in

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

bundler
No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

bundler
No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.