What is GHSA-4xjh-m3qx-49wc?

GHSA-4xjh-m3qx-49wc is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Jekyll allows attackers to access arbitrary files by specifying a symlink

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-4xjh-m3qx-49wc cover?

GHSA-4xjh-m3qx-49wc covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2018-17567. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-4xjh-m3qx-49wc?

GHSA-4xjh-m3qx-49wc has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-4xjh-m3qx-49wc?

GHSA-4xjh-m3qx-49wc affects 3 products, including: rubygems/jekyll:\u003c 3.6.3; rubygems/jekyll:\u003e= 3.7.0, \u003c 3.7.4; rubygems/jekyll:\u003e= 3.8.0, \u003c 3.8.4.

GHSA-4xjh-m3qx-49wcHighCVSS 7.5

Jekyll allows attackers to access arbitrary files by specifying a symlink

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 28, 2018

Last Modified

September 5, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2018-17567 →

📋 Description

Jekyll through 3.6.2, 3.7.x through 3.7.3, and 3.8.x through 3.8.3 allows attackers to access arbitrary files by specifying a symlink in the include key in the _config.yml file.

🎯 Affected products3

rubygems/jekyll:< 3.6.3
rubygems/jekyll:>= 3.7.0, < 3.7.4
rubygems/jekyll:>= 3.8.0, < 3.8.4

🔗 References (6)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17567
https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/pull/7224
https://jekyllrb.com/news/2018/09/19/security-fixes-for-3-6-3-7-3-8/
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/71da391f584b2fb301d2df0e491b279d87287e2fb4b11309f04ad984@%3Ccommits.accumulo.apache.org%3E
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/jekyll/CVE-2018-17567.yml
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xjh-m3qx-49wc