Critical

RubyGems Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 14.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:21

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, and Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contain an Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability in package.rb. This can result in a mis-signed gem being installed, as the tarball would contain multiple gem signatures. This vulnerability has been fixed in 2.7.6.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.jruby:jruby-stdlib < 9.1.16.0 9.1.16.0

References

CVSS score 9.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-347
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.jruby:jruby-stdlib
Disclosed
14.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 12:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-mc6j-h948-v2p6 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.jruby:jruby-stdlib

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
7
First → latest
05.2022 05.2022
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 3
  • Medium 3

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 7
  2. 2023: 0
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 0
  1. Medium · 5.5 CVE-2018-1000079 < 9.1.16.0 9.1.16.0
  2. High · 7.8 CVE-2018-1000074 < 9.1.16.0 9.1.16.0
  3. RubyGems Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability this entry
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2018-1000076 < 9.1.16.0 9.1.16.0
  4. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2018-1000078 < 9.1.16.0 9.1.16.0
  5. Medium · 5.3 CVE-2018-1000077 < 9.1.16.0 9.1.16.0
  6. High · 7.5 CVE-2018-1000075 < 9.1.16.0 9.1.16.0
  7. High · 7.5 CVE-2018-1000073 < 9.1.16.0 9.1.16.0

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