Is secure_headers affected by CVE-2020-5216?

RubyGems secure_headers is affected in >=6.0.0 =5.0.0 <5.2.0, <3.9.0.

Is CVE-2020-5216 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 1.1%.

medium

CVE-2020-5216

Q: Is CVE-2020-5216 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 1.1%.

RubyGems · secure_headers

Summary

Limited header injection when using dynamic overrides with user input in RubyGems secure_headers

Severity: medium
EPSS: 1.1% (p61)
Also known as: GHSA-w978-rmpf-qmwg
Published: 2020-01-23

References

https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/security/advisories/GHSA-w978-rmpf-qmwg
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5216
https://github.com/twitter/secure_headers/commit/301695706f6a70517c2a90c6ef9b32178440a2d0

Related advisories

CVE-2020-5217 — medium · RubyGems/secure_headers

Is your project exposed to this? Stateward checks every dependency on every pull request and flags it only if your code actually reaches it.

Check my repo

Summarize with AI

ChatGPT Claude Perplexity

Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.