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SCA: security update for bundler (GHSA-g98m-96g9-wfjq)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415023

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Bundler prior to 2.1.0 uses a predictable path in /tmp/, created with insecure permissions as a storage
 location for gems, if locations under the user's home directory are not available. If Bundler is used in a
 scenario where the user does not have a writable home directory, an attacker could place malicious code in
 this directory that would be later loaded and executed. (CVE-2019-3881)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g98m-96g9-wfjq

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 415023

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3881

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3881