vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2019-16255: CVE-2019-16255 ruby: Code injection via command argument of Shell#test / Shell#[] (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 26, 2019 | Jun 30, 2021 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 26, 2019
Added
Jun 30, 2021
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 allows code injection if the first argument (aka the "command" argument) to Shell#[] or Shell#test in lib/shell.rb is untrusted data. An attacker can exploit this to call an arbitrary Ruby method.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-rubyredhat-upgrade-ruby-debuginforedhat-upgrade-ruby-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-ruby-develredhat-upgrade-ruby-docredhat-upgrade-ruby-irbredhat-upgrade-ruby-libsredhat-upgrade-ruby-libs-debuginforedhat-upgrade-rubygem-abrtredhat-upgrade-rubygem-abrt-docredhat-upgrade-rubygem-bigdecimalredhat-upgrade-rubygem-bigdecimal-debuginforedhat-upgrade-rubygem-bsonredhat-upgrade-rubygem-bson-debuginforedhat-upgrade-rubygem-bson-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-rubygem-bson-docredhat-upgrade-rubygem-bundlerredhat-upgrade-rubygem-bundler-docredhat-upgrade-rubygem-did_you_meanredhat-upgrade-rubygem-io-consoleredhat-upgrade-rubygem-io-console-debuginforedhat-upgrade-rubygem-irbredhat-upgrade-rubygem-jsonredhat-upgrade-rubygem-json-debuginforedhat-upgrade-rubygem-minitestredhat-upgrade-rubygem-mongoredhat-upgrade-rubygem-mongo-docredhat-upgrade-rubygem-mysql2redhat-upgrade-rubygem-mysql2-debuginforedhat-upgrade-rubygem-mysql2-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-rubygem-mysql2-docredhat-upgrade-rubygem-net-telnetredhat-upgrade-rubygem-opensslredhat-upgrade-rubygem-openssl-debuginforedhat-upgrade-rubygem-pgredhat-upgrade-rubygem-pg-debuginforedhat-upgrade-rubygem-pg-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-rubygem-pg-docredhat-upgrade-rubygem-power_assertredhat-upgrade-rubygem-psychredhat-upgrade-rubygem-psych-debuginforedhat-upgrade-rubygem-rakeredhat-upgrade-rubygem-rdocredhat-upgrade-rubygem-test-unitredhat-upgrade-rubygem-xmlrpcredhat-upgrade-rubygemsredhat-upgrade-rubygems-devel
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