CVE-2019-15224: Code Injection

August 19, 2019 (updated August 29, 2019)

The rest-client gem for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.

References

github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/713
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15224

Code Behaviors & Features

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