CVE-2026-105221 json
Gist RubyGem before 6.1.0 Disabled TLS Certificate Verification
published 2026-10-04 35 d ago modified 2026-10-06 33 d ago also EUVD-2026-92134
- cvss
- 7.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The gist RubyGem before 6.1.0 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability that allows on-path attackers to intercept HTTPS traffic because http_connection in lib/gist.rb sets VERIFY_NONE. Attackers can present any certificate to read or modify GitHub API traffic, stealing OAuth tokens and login credentials to read and modify the victim's gists.
Patch / fix
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-105221 updated cvss 7.4
gist: gist: Traffic interception and credential theft via improper TLS certificate validation
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 34 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 9.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 9.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- defunkt gist
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
References
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github.com
/defunkt/gist/commit/07ccc1a6d46e9d36f0e85d0b1c5d795890ae6bcf
patch
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github.com
/defunkt/gist/issues/373
issue-tracking
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github.com
/defunkt/gist
product
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github.com
/defunkt/gist/blob/v6.0.0/lib/gist.rb#L466-L468
technical-description
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vulncheck.com
/advisories/gist-rubygem-before-6.1.0-disabled-tls-certificate-verification
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-105221
- NVD CVE-2026-105221
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