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CVE-2021-43809

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-43809 is a code execution vulnerability in Bundler versions prior to 2.2.33, a Ruby dependency manager. It arises when processing a crafted Gemfile that uses a Git dependency with a specially formatted URL starting with a dash, which can be misinterpreted as an optional argument to Git commands. This allows for arbitrary code execution, leading to potential system takeover, but requires significant user interaction to exploit. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.3 (High) due to its impact, but its exploitability is low, and there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.2.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bundler:bundler:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0280 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 759 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ruby:2.5-8100020250506105643.489197e6
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: bundlerFixed in: 2.2.33
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ruby:3.0/ruby

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-fj7f-vq84-fh43medium

Local Code Execution through Argument Injection via dash leading git url parameter in Gemfile.

Dec 8, 2021
redhatCVE-2021-43809Moderate

rubygem-bundler: unexpected code execution in Gemfiles

Dec 8, 2021

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00015.html
github.com / rubygems/rubygems/commit/0fad1ccfe9dd7a3c5b82c1496df3c2b4842870d3
Patch
github.com / rubygems/rubygems/commit/a4f2f8ac17e6ce81c689527a8b6f14381060d95f
Patch
github.com / rubygems/rubygems/pull/5142
Patch
github.com / rubygems/rubygems/security/advisories/GHSA-fj7f-vq84-fh43
ExploitVendor Advisory
sonarsource.com / blog/securing-developer-tools-package-managers
ExploitMitigation