CVE-2022-45301: Chocolatey Ruby

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Insecure permissions in Chocolatey Ruby package v3.1.2.1 and below grants all users in the Authenticated Users group write privileges for the path C:\tools\ruby31 and all files located in that folder.

Affected products

• Chocolatey Chocolatey Ruby: up to and including 3.1.2.1

Published 2022-11-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.