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CVE-2020-14001: Injection Vulnerability

July 17, 2020 (updated July 21, 2021)

The kramdown gem processes the template option inside Kramdown documents by default, which allows unintended read access (such as template="/etc/passwd") or unintended embedded Ruby code execution.

References

  • kramdown.gettalong.org/
  • kramdown.gettalong.org/news.html
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14001

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.3.0

Fixed versions

  • 2.3.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.3.0 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Source file

gem/kramdown/CVE-2020-14001.yml

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