CVE-2015-3448

REST client for Ruby (aka rest-client) before 1.7.3 logs usernames and passwords, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the log.

Published: 2015-04-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-3448 is rated Low Risk (18.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3448

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.37% +0.31%
2 2025-05-11 0.15% 0.07% -0.09%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3448

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-3448

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-3448

GHSA-mx9f-w8qq-q5jf · Severity: low · Ecosystem: rubygems — rest-client allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the log

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-3448

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-3448 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ruby-rest-client), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3448
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3448
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-3448 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ruby-rest-client), 13 status rows across 13 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 7, not-affected 4, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3448

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3448

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rest-client_project rest-client <= 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:rest-client_project:rest-client:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3448

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