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CVE-2020-14001
published 2020-07-17

CVE-2020-14001: The kramdown gem before 2.3.0 for Ruby processes the template option inside Kramdown documents by default, which allows unintended read access (such as…

PriorityP356critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
4.56%
90.5th percentile
The kramdown gem before 2.3.0 for Ruby processes the template option inside Kramdown documents by default, which allows unintended read access (such as template="/etc/passwd") or unintended embedded Ruby code execution (such as a string that begins with template="string://<%= `). NOTE: kramdown is used in Jekyll, GitLab Pages, GitHub Pages, and Thredded Forum.

Affected

9 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianruby-kramdown< ruby-kramdown 2.3.0-3 (bookworm)ruby-kramdown 2.3.0-3 (bookworm)
fedoraprojectfedora
fedoraprojectfedora
gitlabgitlab
kramdown_projectkramdown< 2.3.02.3.0
kramdown_projectkramdown>= 0 < 2.3.02.3.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian9.8CRITICAL
vendor_redhat9.8CRITICAL
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