Description
The kramdown gem before 2.3.0 for Ruby processes the template option inside Kramdown documents by default, which allows unintended read access (such as template="/etc/passwd") or unintended embedded Ruby code execution (such as a string that begins with template="string://<%= `). NOTE: kramdown is used in Jekyll, GitLab Pages, GitHub Pages, and Thredded Forum.
Published: 2020-07-17
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 9.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2316-1 ruby-kramdown security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4743-1 ruby-kramdown security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-0635 The kramdown gem before 2.3.0 for Ruby processes the template option inside Kramdown documents by default, which allows unintended read access (such as template="/etc/passwd") or unintended embedded Ruby code execution (such as a string that begins with template="string://<%= `). NOTE: kramdown is used in Jekyll, GitLab Pages, GitHub Pages, and Thredded Forum.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mqm2-cgpr-p4m6 Unintended read access in kramdown gem
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4562-1 kramdown vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4562-2 kramdown vulnerability
History

Wed, 28 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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References

Thu, 22 May 2025 02:00:00 +0000


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Kramdown Project Kramdown
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:32:14.657Z

Reserved: 2020-06-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-14001

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-07-17T16:15:11.230

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:02:19.567

Link: CVE-2020-14001

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2020-06-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-14001 - Bugzilla

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