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CVE-2021-31799 (rdoc): RDoc OS command injection vulnerability

ADVISORIES

GEM

rdoc

SEVERITY

CVSS v3.x: 7.0 (High)

PATCHED VERSIONS

  • ~> 6.1.2.1
  • ~> 6.2.1.1
  • >= 6.3.1

DESCRIPTION

RDoc used to call Kernel#open to open a local file. If a Ruby project has a file whose name starts with | and ends with tags, the command following the pipe character is executed. A malicious Ruby project could exploit it to run an arbitrary command execution against a user who attempts to run rdoc command.