Malicious Package Affecting strong_password package, versions =0.0.7
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.67% (80th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-STRONGPASSWORD-451547
- published 6 Jul 2019
- disclosed 3 Jul 2019
- credit WithaTwist
Introduced: 3 Jul 2019
Malicious CVE-2019-13354 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.