Description
The private_address_check ruby gem before 0.4.0 is vulnerable to a bypass due to use of Ruby's Resolv.getaddresses method, which is OS-dependent and should not be relied upon for security measures, such as when used to blacklist private network addresses to prevent server-side request forgery.
Published: 2017-11-13
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0348 The private_address_check ruby gem before 0.4.0 is vulnerable to a bypass due to use of Ruby's Resolv.getaddresses method, which is OS-dependent and should not be relied upon for security measures, such as when used to blacklist private network addresses to prevent server-side request forgery.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hxhj-hp9m-qwc4 private_address_check vulnerable to bypass of Resolv.getaddresses method
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Private Address Check Project Private Address Check
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:56:09.414Z

Reserved: 2016-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-0904

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-13T17:29:00.347

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-0904

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