ADVISORIES
GEM
SEVERITY
CVSS v3.x: 3.2 (Low)
PATCHED VERSIONS
- ~> 0.11.3
- ~> 0.12.4
- ~> 0.13.2
- >= 1.0.3
DESCRIPTION
There is a possibility for userinfo leakage by in the uri gem. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-27221. We recommend upgrading the uri gem.
Details
The methods URI#join, URI#merge, and URI#+ retained userinfo, such as user:password, even after the host is replaced. When generating a URL to a malicious host from a URL containing secret userinfo using these methods, and having someone access that URL, an unintended userinfo leak could occur.
Please update URI gem to version 0.11.3, 0.12.4, 0.13.2, 1.0.3 or later.
Affected versions
uri gem versions < 0.11.3, 0.12.0 to 0.12.3, 0.13.0, 0.13.1 and 1.0.0 to 1.0.2.
Credits
Thanks to Tsubasa Irisawa (lambdasawa) for discovering this issue. Also thanks to nobu for additional fixes of this vulnerability.