Is tmpdir affected by CVE-2021-28966?

RubyGems tmpdir is affected in <0.1.2.

Is CVE-2021-28966 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 58.0%.

high

CVE-2021-28966

Q: Is CVE-2021-28966 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 58.0%.

RubyGems · tmpdir

Summary

Tempfile on Windows path traversal vulnerability

Severity: high
EPSS: 58.0% (p99)
Also known as: GHSA-46f2-3v63-3xrp, BIT-ruby-2021-28966, BIT-ruby-min-2021-28966
Published: 2021-05-06

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28966
https://github.com/ruby/tmpdir/pull/8
https://github.com/ruby/tmpdir/commit/93798c01cb7c10476e50a4d80130a329ba47f348

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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.