mechanize 2.6.0
Mechanize ruby gem Command Injection vulnerability
high severity CVE-2021-21289>= 2.7.7
< 2.0
Impact
Mechanize >= v2.0, < v2.7.7 allows for OS commands to be injected using several
classes' methods which implicitly use Ruby's Kernel.open method. Exploitation is
possible only if untrusted input is used as a local filename and passed to any of
these calls:
- Mechanize::CookieJar#load: since v2.0 (see 208e3ed)
- Mechanize::CookieJar#save_as: since v2.0 (see 5b776a4)
- Mechanize#download: since v2.2 (see dc91667)
- Mechanize::Download#save and #save! since v2.1 (see 98b2f51, bd62ff0)
- Mechanize::File#save and #save_as: since v2.1 (see 2bf7519)
- Mechanize::FileResponse#read_body: since v2.0 (see 01039f5)
Patches
These vulnerabilities are patched in Mechanize v2.7.7.
Workarounds
No workarounds are available. We recommend upgrading to v2.7.7 or later.
References
See https://docs.rubocop.org/rubocop/cops_security.html#securityopen for background
on why Kernel.open should not be used with untrusted input.
Authorization header leak on port redirect in mechanize
medium severity CVE-2022-31033>= 2.8.5
Summary
Mechanize (rubygem) < v2.8.5 leaks the Authorization header after a
redirect to a different port on the same site.
Mitigation
Upgrade to Mechanize v2.8.5 or later.
Notes
See https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2022-27776.html for a similar vulnerability in curl.
Cookies are shared with a server at a different port on the same site, per https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6265#section-8.5 which states in part:
Cookies do not provide isolation by port. If a cookie is readable by a service running on one port, the cookie is also readable by a service running on another port of the same server. If a cookie is writable by a service on one port, the cookie is also writable by a service running on another port of the same server. For this reason, servers SHOULD NOT both run mutually distrusting services on different ports of the same host and use cookies to store security- sensitive information.
No officially reported memory leakage issues detected.
This gem version does not have any officially reported memory leaked issues.
Gem version without a license.
Unless a license that specifies otherwise is included, nobody can use, copy, distribute, or modify this library without being at risk of take-downs, shake-downs, or litigation.
This gem version is available.
This gem version has not been yanked and is still available for usage.