CVE-2017-0899

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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 sequences.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-150 CWE-94

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 31, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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