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CVE-2020-10663

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-10663 describes an Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability in the JSON gem for Ruby, affecting Ruby versions 2.4 through 2.6. This flaw allows an attacker to craft malicious JSON data that, when parsed, can create an arbitrary object within the Ruby interpreter, leading to application-dependent adverse effects. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high integrity impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (e.g., Metasploit, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:json_project:json:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0681 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (18)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSFixed in: rh-ruby26-ruby-0:2.6.7-119.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ruby:2.5-8040020200923213910.522a0ee4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ruby:2.6-8040020210430142949.522a0ee4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: pcs-0:0.10.4-6.el8_2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: pcs-0:0.10.1-4.el8_0.5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update SupportFixed in: pcs-0:0.10.2-4.el8_1.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: ruby:2.6-8010020220201152941.c27ad7f8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportFixed in: ruby:2.6-8020020220201131207.4cda2c84
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-ruby25-ruby-0:2.5.9-9.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-ruby26-ruby-0:2.6.7-119.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: rh-ruby25-ruby-0:2.5.9-9.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSFixed in: rh-ruby25-ruby-0:2.5.9-9.el7
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rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: jsonFixed in: 2.3.0
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2Fixed in: system
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: pcs
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5Fixed in: rubygem-json
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ruby
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 3 for Cloud ProvidersFixed in: rubygem-json

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-jphg-qwrw-7w9ghigh

Unsafe object creation in json RubyGem

Jul 27, 2020
redhatCVE-2020-10663Moderate

rubygem-json: Unsafe object creation vulnerability in JSON

Mar 19, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r37c0e1807da7ff2bdd028bbe296465a6bbb99e2320dbe661d5d8b33b%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r3b04f4e99a19613f88ae088aa18cd271231a3c79dfff8f5efa8cda61%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r5f17bfca1d6e7f4b33ae978725b2fd62a9f1b3111696eafa9add802d%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r8d2e174230f6d26e16c007546e804c343f1f68956f526daaafa4aaae%40%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rb023d54a46da1ac0d8969097f5fecc79636b07d3b80db7b818a5c55c%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rb2b981912446a74e14fe6076c4b7c7d8502727ea0718e6a65a9b1be5%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rd9b9cc843f5cf5b532bdad9e87a817967efcf52b917e8c43b6df4cc7%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rec8bb4d637b04575da41cfae49118e108e95d43bfac39b7b698ee4db%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/ree3abcd33c06ee95ab59faa1751198a1186d8941ddc2c2562c12966c%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00030.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7QL6MJD2BO4IRJ5CJFNMCDYMQQFT24BJ
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F4TNVTT66VPRMX5UZYSDGSVRXKKDDDU5
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NK2PBXWMFRUD7U7Q7LHV4KYLYID77RI4
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20210129-0003
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT211931
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4721
Third Party Advisory
ruby-lang.org / en/news/2020/03/19/json-dos-cve-2020-10663
Vendor Advisory