GitLab Grit Gem for Ruby contains a flaw allowing arbitrary commands to be executed

published 2014-05-17 12y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also GHSA-95xq-v4m2-fq3r , EUVD-2022-3296

cvss: 6.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Grit gem for Ruby, as used in GitLab 5.2 before 5.4.1 and 6.x before 6.2.3, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands, as demonstrated by the search box for the GitLab code search feature.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 2

rubygems gitlab-grit 2.6.1

github.com/gitlabhq/grit@40f33a4 commit
gitlab.com/2013/11/04/gitlab-ce-6-2-and-5-4-security-release/ advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
rubygems	gitlab-grit	<2.6.1	2.6.1

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Technology feeds

GitLab rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-4489
GitHub Advisory GHSA-95xq-v4m2-fq3r
NVD CVE-2013-4489

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