newrelic_rpm Gem Discloses Sensitive Information

published 2013-04-09 13y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also GHSA-q6cw-2553-7837 , EUVD-2017-0288

cvss: 5.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.3%; EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits: 0; none known

Ruby agent 3.2.0 through 3.5.2 serializes sensitive data when communicating with servers operated by New Relic, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (database credentials and SQL statements) by sniffing the network and deserializing the data.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

rubygems newrelic_rpm 3.5.3.24

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Exploit prediction

1.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
rubygems	newrelic_rpm	>=3.2.0, <3.5.3.24	3.5.3.24

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

newrelic.com /docs/ruby/ruby-agent-security-notification
web, vendor-advisory
seclists.org /oss-sec/2013/q1/304
mailing-list, web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0284
advisory
github.com /newrelic/newrelic-ruby-agent
package
github.com /rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/newrelic_rpm/CVE-2013-0284.yml
web
web.archive.org /web/20130117025417/https://newrelic.com/docs/ruby/ruby-agent-security-notification
web

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-0284
GitHub Advisory GHSA-q6cw-2553-7837
NVD CVE-2013-0284

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