VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-16255

CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability4.19%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-94

Primary references