Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions Affecting ruby3.4-default-gems package, versions <0:3.4.8-31.1.hum1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.77% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-RUBY34DEFAULTGEMS-16557023
  • published9 May 2026
  • disclosed11 May 2009

Introduced: 11 May 2009

CVE-2009-5147  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-267  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 ruby3.4-default-gems to version 0:3.4.8-31.1.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:7307.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby3.4-default-gems package and not the ruby3.4-default-gems package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

DL::dlopen in Ruby 1.8, 1.9.0, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 2.0.0 before patchlevel 648, and 2.1 before 2.1.8 opens libraries with tainted names.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1