Critical
rbenv — security advisory
rbenv (all current versions) is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in the specification of Ruby version resulting in arbitrary code execution
- Products
- rbenv
- Affected versions
- 0.4.0+debian1-3, 1.0.0-2, 1.1.1-1, 1.1.2-1, 1.1.2-2, 1.3.2-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-1000047
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:20 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
rbenv (all current versions) is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in the specification of Ruby version resulting in arbitrary code execution
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000047
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Complete source record
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