GHSA-x457-cw4h-hq5fHigh

JSON gem has Improper Input Validation vulnerability

Published
October 24, 2017
Last Modified
November 6, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

The JSON gem before 1.5.5, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.7 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or bypass the mass assignment protection mechanism via a crafted JSON document that triggers the creation of arbitrary Ruby symbols or certain internal objects, as demonstrated by conducting a SQL injection attack against Ruby on Rails, aka "Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability."

🎯 Affected products3

  • rubygems/json:< 1.5.5
  • rubygems/json:>= 1.6.0, < 1.6.8
  • rubygems/json:>= 1.7.0, < 1.7.7

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