CVE-2022-36073 is a critical vulnerability in RubyGems.org, affecting the rubygems product, where a flaw in the password and email change confirmation process allowed attackers to hijack accounts by changing the associated email to an unowned address. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, enabling high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Successful exploitation could grant attackers control over legitimate users' API keys, allowing them to publish or yank gem versions. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2022-08-31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rubygems:rubygems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
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.
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.