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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-28966

In Ruby through 3.0 on Windows, a remote attacker can submit a crafted path when a Web application handles a parameter with TmpDir.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:22 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-28966

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Jul 2021, 14:15 UTC

In Ruby through 3.0 on Windows, a remote attacker can submit a crafted path when a Web application handles a parameter with TmpDir.

osv:CVE-2021-28966
Complete source record
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