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CVE-2021-41819

HIGH
7.5CVSS
Published: 2022-01-01
Updated: 2025-05-22
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Description

CGI::Cookie.parse in Ruby through 2.6.8 mishandles security prefixes in cookie names. This also affects the CGI gem through 0.3.0 for Ruby.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
none
Integrity
high
Availability
none
Weaknesses
CWE-565CWE-565

Metadata

Primary Vendor
RUBY-LANG
Published
1/1/2022
Last Modified
5/22/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

ruby-lang : cgiruby-lang : cgiruby-lang : cgiruby-lang : rubyruby-lang : rubyruby-lang : rubyredhat : software_collectionsredhat : enterprise_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxsuse : linux_enterprisesuse : linux_enterprisesuse : linux_enterpriseopensuse : factoryopensuse : leapfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedora

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