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CVE-2017-2096

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2096 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting smalruby-editor versions 0.4.0 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:smalruby:smalruby-editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0618 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: smalruby-editorFixed in: 0.4.1
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: smalrubyFixed in: 0.1.11

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-f489-655r-x6grcritical

smalruby and smalruby-editor vulnerable to OS Command Injection

May 13, 2022

References

jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN50197114/index.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
smalruby.jp / blog/2017/01/14/smalruby-editor-0-4-1-has-been-released-english.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95775
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry