ALPINE-CVE-2019-16255

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CVE-2019-16255
Published: 26 Nov 2019, 18:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:44

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
8.1 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Nov 2019, 18:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:44
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 allows code injection if the first argument (aka the "command" argument) to Shell#[] or Shell#test in lib/shell.rb is untrusted data. An attacker can exploit this to call an arbitrary Ruby method.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•ruby

    < 2.5.7-r0 | < 2.6.5-r0 | < 2.6.5-r0 | < 2.6.5-r0 | < 2.6.5-r0 | < 2.6.5-r0 | < 2.6.5-r0 | < 2.6.5-r0 | < 2.6.5-r0 | < 2.6.5-r0 | < 2.6.5-r0 | < 2.6.5-r0 | < 2.6.5-r0 | < 2.6.5-r0 | < 2.4.10-r0 | < 2.5.7-r0 | < 2.5.7-r0

References (1)