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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-10780

BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.

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CVE-2019-10780
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1 Nov 2026, 04:57 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-10780

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Jan 2020, 14:15 UTC

BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.

osv:CVE-2019-10780
Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:23.436854533Z",
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