Directory Traversal Affecting ruby3.3-webrick package, versions <1.9.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
27.78% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-RUBY33WEBRICK-15413879
  • published5 Mar 2026
  • disclosed4 Mar 2008

Introduced: 4 Mar 2008

CVE-2008-1145  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi ruby3.3-webrick to version 1.9.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby3.3-webrick package and not the ruby3.3-webrick package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash () path separators or case-insensitive file names, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via (1) "..%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences or (2) filenames that match patterns in the :NondisclosureName option.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1