CVE-2014-5002: Lynx Project Lynx

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The lynx gem before 1.0.0 for Ruby places the configured password on command lines, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing processes.

Affected products

• Lynx Project Lynx: before 1.0.0 (fixed in 1.0.0)

Published 2018-01-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.