CVE-2019-8325

An issue was discovered in RubyGems 2.6 and later through 3.0.2. Since Gem::CommandManager#run calls alert_error without escaping, escape sequence injection is possible. (There are many ways to cause an error.)

Published: 2019-06-17 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-8325 is rated Moderate Risk (49.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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-2019-8325

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 2026-03-04 0.18% 0.33% +0.15%
2 2026-03-01 0.33% 0.18% -0.15%
3 2026-02-04 — 0.33% —

Full EPSS history (36 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-8325

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-8325

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-8325

GHSA-4wm8-fjv7-j774 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: rubygems — RubyGems Escape sequence injection in errors

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-8325

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-8325 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (jruby, rubygems), 9 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 9. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-8325
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8325
suse medium CVE-2019-8325 severity moderate: SUSE including 339 source package names (2.17-17.3:libruby2_5-2_5-2.5.5-4.3.1, 2.17-17.3:ruby2.5-2.5.5-4.3.1, …), 1067 product×package rows across 263 product lines (Container bci/ruby, Container suse/rmt-server, … (263 product lines)): Fixed 874, Known Affected 157, Known Not Affected 36. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-8325/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-8325 medium priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (jruby, ruby1.9.1, ruby2.0, ruby2.1, ruby2.3, ruby2.5), 112 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 83, not-affected 12, released 8, needs-triage 6, ignored 2, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-8325

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-8325

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rubygems rubygems >= 2.6.0, <= 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:rubygems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-8325

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/317353 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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