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TI-2012-05390 Aliases CVE-2012-6685GHSA-6wj9-77wq-jq7p

Nokogiri before 1.5.4 is vulnerable to XXE attacks

Priority LOW 37CWE-776Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 7 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

Nokogiri before 1.5.4 is vulnerable to XXE attacks

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02168 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial nokogiri (RubyGems): 1.5.4Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 7 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—nokogiri (RubyGems)before 1.5.41.5.4Patch availableGHSA-6wj9-77wq-jq7p
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • nokogiri (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 1.5.4 Fixed in 1.5.4 Patch available GHSA-6wj9-77wq-jq7p

CPE configurations NVD · 9

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nokogiri:nokogiri:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.5.4Vulnerablesparklemotion
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:2.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*2.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_foreman:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:subscription_asset_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:nokogiri:nokogiri:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.5.4 Vulnerable ·sparklemotion
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:2.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_foreman:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:subscription_asset_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-6wj9-77wq-jq7p nokogiri (RubyGems) Fixed in 1.5.4 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2019:0212 Released 2019-02-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    CloudForms 4.7 security, bug fix and enhancement update
    • CloudForms Management Engine 5.10 ansible-runner-1.1.2-2.el7ar, ansible-tower-3.3.3-1.el7at, ansible-tower-server-3.3.3-1.el7at +47

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
OpenStack ForemanAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) InstallerAffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
CloudForms Management Engine 5.10Fixed RHSA-2019:0212

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-6685
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6wj9-77wq-jq7p

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

Sources

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