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CVE-2014-9489

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9489 describes a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting Gollum before version 3.1.1 and gollum-lib before 4.0.1, specifically when the string "master" is present in wiki documents. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the -O or --open-files-in-pager flags. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and requiring only authenticated access. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gollum_project:gollum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gollum_project:gollum-lib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gollum_project:grit_adapter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0229 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: gollumFixed in: 3.1.1
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: gollum-libFixed in: 4.0.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-q97v-764g-r2rphigh

gollum and gollum-lib allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code

Nov 16, 2017

References

github.com / gollum/gollum/issues/913
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / gollum/grit_adapter/commit/4520d973c81fecfebbeacd2ef2f1849d763951c7
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/19
Issue TrackingMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/71499
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry