CVE-2019-16060 — Vulnerability in airbrake-ruby — CVE Details

CRITICAL

Airbrake keys not being filtered

Published September 11, 2019Updated November 8, 2023Source: osv

Summary

The Airbrake Ruby notifier 4.2.3 for Airbrake mishandles the blacklist_keys configuration option and consequently may disclose passwords to unauthorized actors. This is fixed in 4.2.4 (also, 4.2.2 and earlier are unaffected).

Advisory Timeline

First published September 11, 2019 (2588 days ago).
Last revised November 8, 2023 — 1518 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler

Update airbrake-ruby to 4.2.4 or later

gem install airbrake-ruby -v 4.2.4

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

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
airbrake-ruby	rubygems	4.2.3	4.2.4

Vulnerability Classification

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

CWE-200
Information ExposureMITRE

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2019-16060?: Airbrake keys not being filtered 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-2019-16060?: CVE-2019-16060 affects airbrake-ruby. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2019-16060 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-2p82-v77v-mppr

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