CVE-2021-43840CWE-22

Path traversal in message_bus

Medium · published December 17, 2021

CVSS v3.1
4.4
EPSS
2%
Percentile
80.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

message_bus is a messaging bus for Ruby processes and web clients. In versions prior to 3.3.7 users who deployed message bus with diagnostics features enabled (default off) are vulnerable to a path traversal bug, which could lead to disclosure of secret information on a machine if an unintended user were to gain access to the diagnostic route. The impact is also greater if there is no proxy for your web application as the number of steps up the directories is not bounded. For deployments which uses a proxy, the impact varies. For example, If a request goes through a proxy like Nginx with `merge_slashes` enabled, the number of steps up the directories that can be read is limited to 3 levels. This issue has been patched in version 3.3.7. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that MessageBus::Diagnostics is disabled.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01947 · 80.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2021-12-17T18:15Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 DEC 18:15Z
    Path traversal in message_bus
    cvelistv5