CVE-2025-27220 Affecting ruby2.7 package, versions <2.7.0-5ubuntu1.18


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-RUBY27-9212721
  • published7 Apr 2025
  • disclosed4 Mar 2025

Introduced: 4 Mar 2025

CVE-2025-27220  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 ruby2.7 to version 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.18 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby2.7 package and not the ruby2.7 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the CGI gem before 0.4.2 for Ruby, a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in the Util#escapeElement method.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1