Vulnerability · Published May 25, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-33575

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in the ruby-jss package (RubyGems). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.6% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.6%top 14.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Pixar ruby-jss gem before 1.6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code because of the Plist gem's documented behavior of using Marshal.load during XML document processing.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
RubyGemsruby-jss1.6.0GHSA-vmfh-c547-v45h

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References