rubygems package report

Is curl safe?

1 known vulnerability, worst severity HIGH.

cvss
7.5

how bad it is if exploited, out of 10

epss
4.4%

chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

xyz score
3.5

CyberXYZ composite, out of 10

fig. 01 — GHSA-hxx6-p24v-wg8c, the advisory selected below

// advisories

GHSA-hxx6-p24v-wg8c

HIGHCVE-2013-2617

lib/curl.rb in the Curl Gem for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL.

Affected
<= 0.0.9
Fixed in
not stated
Weakness
CWE-94
Published
2017-10-24
Source
github

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// dependencies

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// ai model usage

Tracked for PyPI packages. HuggingFace models declare Python dependencies, so rubygems packages are not covered.

Checked 2026-09-22 at 01:46 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2017-10-24. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.

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