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Vulnerability details: VCID-rsuu-68yw-tkbu
Vulnerability ID VCID-rsuu-68yw-tkbu
Aliases CVE-2016-7954
GHSA-jvgm-pfqv-887x
Summary Bundler allows attacker to inject arbitrary code via secondary Gem source Bundler 1.x might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary Ruby code into an application by leveraging a gem name collision on a secondary source. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2013-0334.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 9.8 http://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2016/10/06/bundlers-multiple-source-security-vulnerability
generic_textual CRITICAL http://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2016/10/06/bundlers-multiple-source-security-vulnerability
cvssv3 4.9 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-7954.json
epss 0.02605 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7954
epss 0.02605 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7954
epss 0.02605 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7954
epss 0.02605 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7954
epss 0.02605 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7954
epss 0.02605 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7954
epss 0.02605 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7954
epss 0.02605 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7954
epss 0.02776 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7954
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381951
generic_textual CRITICAL https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381951
cvssv3 9.8 https://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2016/10/06/bundlers-multiple-source-security-vulnerability
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2016/10/06/bundlers-multiple-source-security-vulnerability
generic_textual CRITICAL https://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2016/10/06/bundlers-multiple-source-security-vulnerability
cvssv2 7.6 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 4.9 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jvgm-pfqv-887x
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/bundler/bundler/issues/5051
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/bundler/bundler/issues/5051
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/bundler/bundler/issues/5062
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/bundler/bundler/issues/5062
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/rubygems/bundler
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/rubygems/bundler
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/bundler/CVE-2016-7954.yml
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/bundler/CVE-2016-7954.yml
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7954
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7954
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20170214030311/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93423
generic_textual CRITICAL https://web.archive.org/web/20170214030311/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93423
cvssv3.1 9.8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/5
generic_textual CRITICAL http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/5
cvssv3.1 9.8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/7
generic_textual CRITICAL http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/7
cvssv3.1 9.8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/3
generic_textual CRITICAL http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/3
Reference id Reference type URL
http://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2016/10/06/bundlers-multiple-source-security-vulnerability
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-7954.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7954
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381951
https://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2016/10/06/bundlers-multiple-source-security-vulnerability
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/bundler/bundler/issues/5051
https://github.com/bundler/bundler/issues/5062
https://github.com/rubygems/bundler
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/bundler/CVE-2016-7954.yml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7954
https://web.archive.org/web/20170214030311/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93423
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/3
GHSA-jvgm-pfqv-887x https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jvgm-pfqv-887x
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2016/10/06/bundlers-multiple-source-security-vulnerability
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-7954.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1381951
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2016/10/06/bundlers-multiple-source-security-vulnerability
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Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/bundler/bundler/issues/5051
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/bundler/bundler/issues/5062
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubygems/bundler
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/bundler/CVE-2016-7954.yml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7954
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20170214030311/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93423
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/5
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/04/7
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/3
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.84977
EPSS Score 0.02605
Published At June 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-01T12:27:18.530582+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-jvgm-pfqv-887x/GHSA-jvgm-pfqv-887x.json 36.1.3