Malicious Package Affecting strong_password package, versions =0.0.7


Severity

0.0
critical
0
10

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    0.76% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-STRONGPASSWORD-451547
  • published 6 Jul 2019
  • disclosed 3 Jul 2019
  • credit WithaTwist

How to fix?

Avoid using strong_password v0.0.7 altogether. Downgrading to v0.0.6 will ensure no malicious code execution is possible.

Overview

strong_password is a is an entropy-based password strength checking for Ruby and ActiveModel

This gem was hijacked by a malicious actor, who has published v0.0.7 containing malicious code that enables them to execute remote code in production.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD
9.8 critical