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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTVoNXItZmZjNC1jNDU1

strong_password Ruby gem malicious version causing Remote Code Execution vulnerability

The strong_password gem 0.0.7 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. Version 0.0.8 does not contain the backdoor.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5h5r-ffc4-c455
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: over 5 years ago
Updated: about 1 year ago

CVSS Score: 9.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Percentage: 0.00817
EPSS Percentile: 0.81622

Identifiers: GHSA-5h5r-ffc4-c455, CVE-2019-13354
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13354
• https://rubygems.org/gems/strong_password/versions
• https://withatwist.dev/strong-password-rubygem-hijacked.html
• https://benjamin-bouchet.com/blog/vulnerabilite-dans-la-gem-strong_password-0-0-7/
• https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/strong_password/CVE-2019-13354.yml
• https://github.com/bdmac/strong_password/releases
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5h5r-ffc4-c455

Repository: https://github.com/bdmac/strong_password
Blast Radius: 18.3

Affected Packages