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
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
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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