The jruby-openssl gem before 0.6 for JRuby mishandles SSL certificate validation.
Priority LOW 34CWE-295Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Spoofing
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-295.
Summary
The jruby-openssl gem before 0.6 for JRuby mishandles SSL certificate validation.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.006 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed jruby-openssl (RubyGems): 0.6
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | jruby-openssl (RubyGems) | before 0.6 | 0.6 | Patch available | GHSA-xgv7-pqqh-h2w9 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- jruby-openssl (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 0.6 Fixed in 0.6 Patch available GHSA-xgv7-pqqh-h2w9
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-xgv7-pqqh-h2w9 jruby-openssl (RubyGems) Fixed in 0.6 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-4123
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xgv7-pqqh-h2w9
References
Advisory 4
More Jruby-openssl vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-29269 JRuby-OpenSSL has hostname verification disabled by default CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.7
Sources
- CVE-2009-4123 · CVE Program
- CVE-2009-4123 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xgv7-pqqh-h2w9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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