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SCA: security update for rubygems-update (GHSA-5mgj-mvv8-46mw)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434939

Description

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

 - RubyGems before 1.8.23 does not verify an SSL certificate, which allows remote attackers to modify a gem
 during installation via a man-in-the-middle attack. (CVE-2012-2126)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5mgj-mvv8-46mw

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434939

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2126

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2126

BID: 53174