Authenticated gem takeover via yank authorization bypass
Published May 5, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
Incorrect authorization in RubyGems.org allows remote authenticated users to replace certain gems through the yank action. The action treats ownership of the name prefix before a dash as authority to yank the longer-named gem, then accepts replacement content under its name and version with a different platform. The target gem must contain a dash and be either under 30 days old or unchanged for more than 100 days, enabling package-content takeover.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in RubyGems.org allows remote authenticated users to replace certain gems through the yank action. The action treats ownership of the name prefix before a dash as authority to yank the longer-named gem, then accepts replacement content under its name and version with a different platform. The target gem must contain a dash and be either under 30 days old or unchanged for more than 100 days, enabling package-content takeover.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-29176
- Published
- May 5, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- RubyGems
- Product
- RubyGems.org
- Classifications
- CWE-863, CWE-862, T1195.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- May 5, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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