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CVE-2023-26153

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-26153 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting geokit-rails versions prior to 2.5.0. It stems from unsafe YAML deserialization within the 'geo_location' cookie, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the host system. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploits, or significant community discussion have been observed, the high severity warrants immediate patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:geokit:geokit-rails:*:*:*:*:*:rails:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0324 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: geokit-railsFixed in: 2.5.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-7xvc-v44j-46fhcritical

geokit-rails Command Injection vulnerability

Oct 6, 2023

References

gist.github.com / CalumHutton/b7aa1c2e71c8d4386463ac14f686901d
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / geokit/geokit-rails/blob/master/lib/geokit-rails/ip_geocode_lookup.rb%23L37
Broken Link
github.com / geokit/geokit-rails/commit/7ffc5813e57f6f417987043e1039925fd0865c43
Patch
github.com / geokit/geokit-rails/commit/a93dfe49fb9aeae7164e2f8c4041450a04b5482f
Patch
security.snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-RUBY-GEOKITRAILS-5920323
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory