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CVE-2019-10780 — Vulnerability in bibtex-ruby — CVE Details

CRITICAL

BibTeX-Ruby vulnerable to OS command injection

Published February 14, 2020Updated September 10, 2026Source: osv

Summary

BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby `Kernel.open` method through BibTeX.open.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published February 14, 2020 (2432 days ago).
  • Last revised September 10, 2026 — 2399 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler
Update bibtex-ruby to 5.1.0 or later
gem install bibtex-ruby -v 5.1.0

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
bibtex-ruby
rubygems
1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+81 more)5.1.0

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

  • CWE-78
    OS Command InjectionMITRE

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2019-10780?
BibTeX-Ruby vulnerable to OS command injection This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2019-10780?
CVE-2019-10780 affects bibtex-ruby. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2019-10780 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-c5r5-7pfh-6qg6
SNYK-RUBY-BIBTEXRUBY-542602

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