CVE-2011-1004: Ruby-Lang Ruby

Medium severity, CVSS 6.3. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The FileUtils.remove_entry_secure method in Ruby 1.8.6 through 1.8.6-420, 1.8.7 through 1.8.7-330, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through 1.9.1-430, 1.9.2 through 1.9.2-136, and 1.9.3dev allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• Ruby-Lang Ruby: version 1.8.6 only; version 1.8.7 only; version 1.8.8 only; version 1.9.1 only; version 1.9.2 only; version 1.9.3 only

Published 2011-03-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.