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CVE-2024-28862

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-28862 affects the Ruby One Time Password (ROTP) library, where overly permissive default file permissions could lead to information disclosure. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges to compromise confidentiality, but does not impact integrity or availability. While the EPSS score is low, indicating a minimal likelihood of exploitation, users are advised to update to version 6.3.0 or manually correct file permissions. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.2.1, < 6.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rotp_project:rotp:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
7.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0018 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: rotpFixed in: 6.3.0
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-x2h8-qmj4-g62fmedium

ROTP 6.2.2 and 6.2.1 has 0666 permissions for the .rb files.

Mar 18, 2024

References

github.com / mdp/rotp/security/advisories/GHSA-x2h8-qmj4-g62f
Vendor Advisory