Arbitrary File Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package jekyll  (opens in a new tab)


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EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-JEKYLL-72417
  • published3 Oct 2018
  • disclosed19 Sept 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-17567  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade jekyll to version 3.6.3, 3.7.4, 3.8.4 or higher.

Amendment

This was deemed not a vulnerability.

Overview

jekyll is a web framework for building static websites.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read. Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read. A malicious user could access arbitrary files by specifying a symlink in the include key via the _config.yml file.