CVE-2017-1000037
RVM automatically loads environment variables from files in $PWD resulting in command execution RVM vulnerable to command injection when…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 6.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
RVM automatically loads environment variables from files in $PWD resulting in command execution RVM vulnerable to command injection when automatically loading environment variables from files in $PWD RVM automatically executes hooks located in $PWD resulting in code execution RVM automatically installs gems as specified by files in $PWD resulting in code execution RVM automatically does "bundle install" on a Gemfile specified by .versions.conf in $PWD resulting in code execution
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days 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 | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
1
- https://github.com/justinsteven/advisories/blob/master/2017_rvm_cd_command_execution.md (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2017-1364 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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