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CVE-2018-3759

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3759 is a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition affecting the private_address_check Ruby gem before version 0.5.0. This vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass address checks by manipulating DNS entries with a zero TTL, causing an initial public address resolution to become a private address upon subsequent resolution. With a CVSS score of 3.7 (LOW), it has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, potentially leading to low confidentiality impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:private_address_check_project:private_address_check:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.7LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0069 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: private_address_checkFixed in: 0.5.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-2xvj-j3qh-x8c3high

private_address_check contains race condition

Jul 31, 2018

References

github.com / jtdowney/private_address_check/commit/4068228187db87fea7577f7020099399772bb147
PatchThird Party Advisory