GHSA-4g4c-8gqh-m4vm

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    GHSA-4g4c-8gqh-m4vm

    Published: 16 Jul 2019Last Modified: 13 Mar 2026

    Summary: paranoid2 gem Code backdoor

    Details: The paranoid2 gem 1.1.6 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The current version, without this backdoor, is 1.1.5.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13589, https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/issues/2051, https://github.com/anjlab/paranoid2, https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/paranoid2/CVE-2019-13589.yml, https://rubygems.org/gems/paranoid2/versions, https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-PARANOID2-451600, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109281

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: paranoid2

    Purl: pkg:gem/paranoid2

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.1.6

    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