TZInfo is a Ruby library that provides access to time zone data and allows times to be converted using time zone rules. Versions prior to 0.36.1, as well as those prior to 1.2.10 when used with the Ruby data source tzinfo-data, are vulnerable to relative path traversal. With the Ruby data source, time zones are defined in Ruby files. There is one file per time zone. Time zone files are loaded with require on demand. In the affected versions, TZInfo::Timezone.get fails to validate time zone identifiers correctly, allowing a new line character within the identifier. With Ruby version 1.9.3 and later, TZInfo::Timezone.get can be made to load unintended files with require, executing them within the Ruby process. Versions 0.3.61 and 1.2.10 include fixes to correctly validate time zone identifiers. Versions 2.0.0 and later are not vulnerable. Version 0.3.61 can still load arbitrary files from the Ruby load path if their name follows the rules for a valid time zone identifier and the file has a prefix of tzinfo/definition within a directory in the load path. Applications should ensure that untrusted files are not placed in a directory on the load path. As a workaround, the time zone identifier can be validated before passing to TZInfo::Timezone.get by ensuring it matches the regular expression \A[A-Za-z0-9+\-_]+(?:\/[A-Za-z0-9+\-_]+)*\z.
CVE-2022-31163
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 3.8%, top 12% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 75.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 22, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (13)
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/tzinfo/tzinfo/commit/9905ca93abf7bf3e387bd592406e403cd18334c7
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/tzinfo/tzinfo/commit/9eddbb5c0e682736f61d0dd803b6031a5db9eadf
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/tzinfo/tzinfo/releases/tag/v0.3.61
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/tzinfo/tzinfo/releases/tag/v1.2.10
- security-advisories@githubhttps://github.com/tzinfo/tzinfo/security/advisories/GHSA-5cm2-9h8c-rvfx
- security-advisories@githubhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00009.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/tzinfo/tzinfo/commit/9905ca93abf7bf3e387bd592406e403cd18334c7
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/tzinfo/tzinfo/commit/9eddbb5c0e682736f61d0dd803b6031a5db9eadf
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/tzinfo/tzinfo/releases/tag/v0.3.61
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/tzinfo/tzinfo/releases/tag/v1.2.10
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/tzinfo/tzinfo/security/advisories/GHSA-5cm2-9h8c-rvfx
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00009.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00008.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-31163(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2023:2097Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.13 Release
- RHSA-2023:1486Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Gluster Storage web-admin-build security update
- RHSA-2022:7242Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.11.4 Async Security Update
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | rubygem-tzinfo-0:2.0.5-1.el8sat | 2023-05-03 | redhat |
| redhat | rubygem-tzinfo-0:1.2.10-1.el7rhgs | 2023-03-28 | redhat |
| redhat | rubygem-tzinfo-0:1.2.10-1.el8sat | 2022-10-27 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
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RubyGems(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| tzinfo | 1.0.0 ... 1.2.9 (13 versions) | 1.2.10 | — |
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