chef/travis-cookbooks/ci_environment/perlbrew/recipes/default.rb in the ciborg gem 3.0.0…
Priority LOW 25CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
chef/travis-cookbooks/ci_environment/perlbrew/recipes/default.rb in the ciborg gem 3.0.0 for Ruby allows local users to write to arbitrary files and gain privileges via a symlink attack on /tmp/perlbrew-installer.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00379 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
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 |
| — | ciborg (RubyGems) | — | — | No fix listed | GHSA-g982-9r8g-6qxw |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- ciborg (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected — Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-g982-9r8g-6qxw
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ciborg_project:ciborg:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* | 3.0.0 | Vulnerable | Ciborg Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:ciborg_project:ciborg:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* Versions 3.0.0 Vulnerable ·Ciborg Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-5003
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g982-9r8g-6qxw
References
Advisory 5
- [oss-security] 20140717 Re: Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem codders-dataset-1.3.2.1 (etc.)
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/ciborg-3.0.0.html
- [oss-security] 20140707 Vulnerability Report for Ruby Gem ciborg-3.0.0
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5003
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g982-9r8g-6qxw
Sources
- CVE-2014-5003 · CVE Program
- CVE-2014-5003 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g982-9r8g-6qxw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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