CVE-2019-13589

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The paranoid2 gem 1.1.6 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The current version, without this backdoor, is 1.1.5.

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-829

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109281Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/issues/2051Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://rubygems.org/gems/paranoid2/versionsVendor Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-PARANOID2-451600Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109281Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/issues/2051Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://rubygems.org/gems/paranoid2/versionsVendor Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-PARANOID2-451600Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 14, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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