CVE-2018-16396

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    CVE-2018-16396

    Published: 16 Nov 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in Ruby before 2.3.8, 2.4.x before 2.4.5, 2.5.x before 2.5.2, and 2.6.x before 2.6.0-preview3. It does not taint strings that result from unpacking tainted strings with some formats.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042106, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00020.html, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190221-0002/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3808-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4332, https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/not-propagated-taint-flag-in-some-formats-of-pack-cve-2018-16396/, https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-3-8-released/, https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-4-5-released/, https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/10/17/ruby-2-5-2-released/, https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2018/11/06/ruby-2-6-0-preview3-released/, https://hackerone.com/reports/385070

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- d40ea2afa6ff5a6e5befcf342fb7b6dc58796b20
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.6.0-preview1
    2.6.0-preview2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High