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CVE-2019-10780

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 2.8% (pctl 86)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS2.81% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-78
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2020-01-22
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
bibtex-ruby projectbibtex-ruby

References

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