CVE-2018-6517 – chloride

Package

Manager: gem
Name: chloride
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <0.3.0

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00198 pctl0.42062

Details

Improper Certificate Validation in chloride Prior to version 0.3.0, chloride's use of net-ssh resulted in host fingerprints for previously unknown hosts getting added to the user's known_hosts file without confirmation. In version 0.3.0 this is updated so that the user's known_hosts file is not updated by chloride.

Metadata

Created: 2019-03-25T16:16:27Z
Modified: 2022-09-17T00:57:41Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/03/GHSA-573x-jhqh-jg36/GHSA-573x-jhqh-jg36.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-295"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-573x-jhqh-jg36
Finding: F163
Auto approve: 1