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jruby, rubygems — security advisory
RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in install_location function of package.rb that can result in path traversal when writing to a symlinked basedir outside of the root. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.
- Products
- jruby, rubygems
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.2.0~rc.1-1, 9.1.17.0-2.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-1000073
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:03 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in install_location function of package.rb that can result in path traversal when writing to a symlinked basedir outside of the root. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000073
jruby
Fixed versions: 9.1.17.0-2.1
jruby
Fixed versions: 9.1.17.0-2.1
jruby
Fixed versions: 9.1.17.0-2.1
rubygems
Fixed versions: 3.2.0~rc.1-1
rubygems
Fixed versions: 3.2.0~rc.1-1
rubygems
Fixed versions: 3.2.0~rc.1-1
Complete source record
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