CVE-2019-16255

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 allows code injection if the first argument (aka the "command" argument) to Shell#[] or Shell#test in lib/shell.rb is untrusted data. An attacker can exploit this to call an arbitrary Ruby method.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 26, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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