CVE-2019-10780 is a critical shell command injection vulnerability affecting BibTeX-ruby versions prior to 5.1.0, stemming from unsanitized user input being passed to Ruby's Kernel.open method. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers. It is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bibtex-ruby_project:bibtex-ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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