CVE-2021-31799

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    CVE-2021-31799

    Published: 30 Jul 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In RDoc 3.11 through 6.x before 6.3.1, as distributed with Ruby through 3.0.1, it is possible to execute arbitrary code via | and tags in a filename.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00009.html, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-31799, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-05, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0004/, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html, https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/05/02/os-command-injection-in-rdoc/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 25786dd7791e3bc8c130066d3f0680a3e2d28c32
    Fixed -9307f932b7f5f97a27706cc04e4c2de72d9baf72

    Affected versions

    v6.3.0

    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
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