CVE-2018-8780
9.1
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 9.7% (pctl 95)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.1), but no sign of active exploitation.
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 Dir.open, Dir.new, Dir.entries and Dir.empty? methods do not check NULL characters. When using the corresponding method, unintentional directory traversal may be performed.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.1 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| EPSS | 9.72% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-04-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| ruby-lang | ruby |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103739
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3626-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/poisoned-nul-byte-dir-cve-2018-8780/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released/
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