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CVE-2021-31799

rubygem-rdoc: Command injection vulnerability in RDoc

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

7

CVSS 3.1

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Published · May 2, 2021

Updated · November 1, 2026

Description

An operating system command injection flaw was found in RDoc. Using the rdoc command to generate documentation for a malicious Ruby source code could lead to execution of arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running rdoc.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command