CVE-2019-14282: Code Injection

July 26, 2019 (updated September 3, 2019)

The simple_captcha2 gem for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14282

Code Behaviors & Features

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