Code execution via unrestricted object restoration
Published May 8, 2024 · Updated Nov 4, 2025
Object injection in Ruby RDoc 6.3.3 through 6.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute code through crafted configuration or cache files. The .rdoc_options parser restores YAML objects without restricting permitted classes, while documentation-cache loaders pass attacker-controlled bytes to Marshal.load without an object filter. Exploitation requires an RDoc process to parse an attacker-supplied .rdoc_options file or load a crafted documentation cache, after which code runs with that process's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Object injection in Ruby RDoc 6.3.3 through 6.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute code through crafted configuration or cache files. The .rdoc_options parser restores YAML objects without restricting permitted classes, while documentation-cache loaders pass attacker-controlled bytes to Marshal.load without an object filter. Exploitation requires an RDoc process to parse an attacker-supplied .rdoc_options file or load a crafted documentation cache, after which code runs with that process's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-27281
- Published
- May 8, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Vendor
- Ruby
- Product
- RDoc
- Classifications
- CWE-74, CWE-502, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 8, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.3.3 <=6.6.2
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