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omniauth-weibo-oauth2 included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 6, 2023

Package

bundler omniauth-weibo-oauth2 (RubyGems)

Affected versions

>= 0.4.6, < 0.5.1

Patched versions

0.5.1

Description

The omniauth-weibo-oauth2 gem 0.4.6 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. Versions through 0.4.5, and 0.5.1 and later, are unaffected.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 7, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Reviewed Jan 27, 2023
Last updated Mar 6, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-17268

GHSA ID

GHSA-vr22-43gj-rx3f

Source code

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