CVE-2017-0899
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
02 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
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
- 11.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.7% 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
- Low. 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
- 2017-08-31 20:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 02:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-11-30
- Assigning CNA
- hackerone
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f5e4208bc6f8e601ccceccbd27bf63764ddaf3a4f6ec3fcc30039a632ec0f90d
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:0585https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
- www.debian.orgDSA-3966https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:0378https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
- hackerone.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/226335
- www.securitytracker.com1039249http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
- github.comhttps://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/1bcbc7fe637b03145401ec9c094066285934a7f1
- github.comhttps://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ef0aa611effb5f54d40c7fba6e8235eb43c5a491
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:3485https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180714 [SECURITY] [DLA 1421-1] ruby2.1 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:0583https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201710-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
- www.securityfocus.com100576http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100576
- blog.rubygems.orghttp://blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rubygems Fixed in 3.2.0~rc.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rubygems Fixed in 3.2.0~rc.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rubygems Fixed in 3.2.0~rc.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- ruby1.9.1 Fixed in 1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.5
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- jruby No fix yet
- ruby2.3 Fixed in 2.3.1-2~16.04.6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- jruby No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- jruby No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- jruby No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- jruby No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- jruby No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- jruby No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- jruby No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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