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CVE-2015-1828
The Ruby http gem before 0.7.3 does not verify hostnames in SSL connections, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive…
- 5.9MediumCVSS base score
- 1.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 25% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Ruby http gem before 0.7.3 does not verify hostnames in SSL connections, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a man-in-the-middle-attack.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemshttpGHSA-6wpv-cj6x-v3jw (opens in a new tab)
References
3
- https://rubysec.com/advisories/http-CVE-2015-1828 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/ruby/openssl/issues/8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/httprb/jkb4oxwZjkU (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-0172 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6wpv-cj6x-v3jw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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