Airbrake keys not being filtered

published 2019-09-06 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also GHSA-2p82-v77v-mppr , EUVD-2019-0647

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Airbrake Ruby notifier 4.2.3 for Airbrake mishandles the blacklist_keys configuration option and consequently may disclose passwords to unauthorized actors. This is fixed in 4.2.4 (also, 4.2.2 and earlier are unaffected).

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 2

rubygems airbrake-ruby 4.2.4

github.com/airbrake/airbrake-ruby#469 commit
github.com/airbrake/airbrake-ruby/issues/468 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
rubygems	airbrake-ruby	>=4.2.3, <4.2.4	4.2.4

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

github.com /airbrake/airbrake-ruby/issues/468
web, issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
github.com /airbrake/airbrake-ruby/pull/469/commits/d29925e7838031bf7dea7016b22de52532503796
web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16060
advisory
github.com /rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/airbrake-ruby/CVE-2019-16060.yml
web

Sources

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