High
Security advisory
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier fails to validate specification names, allowing a maliciously crafted gem to potentially overwrite any file on the filesystem.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-0901
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier fails to validate specification names, allowing a maliciously crafted gem to potentially overwrite any file on the filesystem.
osv:CVE-2017-0901
Complete source record
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"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3553-1/",
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"https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/ad5c0a53a86ca5b218c7976765c0365b91d22cb2",
"https://hackerone.com/reports/243156",
"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42611/"
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"published_at": "2017-08-31T20:29:00.557+00:00"
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