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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : Ruby vulnerability (USN-8137-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 304791

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-8137-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that the Ruby URI gem did not properly handle sensitive information when combining URIs.
 A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to leak authentication credentials.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8137-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 304791

File Name: ubuntu_USN-8137-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/3/2026

Updated: 4/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61594

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby3.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby3.3-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby2.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby2.5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby2.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby2.7-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby3.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby3.2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby2.3-tcltk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby2.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby2.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby3.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby3.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby3.0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby2.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby2.3-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby3.2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libruby3.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby2.7

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-61594

USN: 8137-1