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CVE-2019-16060 (airbrake-ruby): Blacklist keys are no longer being filtered in airbrake-ruby

Blacklist keys are no longer being filtered in airbrake-ruby

Published: April 10, 2019

SECURITY IDENTIFIERS

GEM

airbrake-ruby

SEVERITY

CVSS v3.x: 9.8 (Critical)

UNAFFECTED VERSIONS

< 4.2.3 > 4.2.3

PATCHED VERSIONS

>= 4.2.4

DESCRIPTION

A flaw in airbrake-ruby v4.2.3 prevented user data from being filtered prior to sending to Airbrake. Such data could be user passwords. Therefore, an app could leak user passwords without knowing it.

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