CVE-2018-1000078: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gem server display of homepage attribute that can result in XSS. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must browse to a malicious gem on a vulnerable gem server. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• Rubygems Rubygems: up to and including 2.2.9; up to and including 2.3.6; up to and including 2.4.3; up to and including 2.5.0

Published 2018-03-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.