BREW-KRANE-CVE-2019-15224 (GHSA-333G-RPR4-7HXQ)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:01 – Updated: 2026-08-13 17:01 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
rest-client Gem Contains Malicious Code
Details

The rest-client gem 1.6.10 through 1.6.13 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. Users of an affected version should consider downgrading to the last non-affected version of 1.6.9, or upgrading to 1.7.x. Additionally, a set of other minor gems have been partially or completely yanked and are included in this advisory. These include cron_parser, coin_base, blockchain_wallet, awesome-bot, doge-coin, capistrano-colors, bitcoin_vanity, lita_coin, coming-soon, and omniauth_amazon.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "fix": "bump",
        "range_state": "fixed",
        "resource": "rest-client",
        "resource_purl": "pkg:gem/rest-client@2.1.0",
        "upstream_fixed_in": "1.7.0"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Homebrew",
        "name": "krane",
        "purl": "pkg:brew/krane"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.9.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "matched",
    "strategy": "registry",
    "upstream_evidence": [
      {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "key": "pkg:gem/rest-client@2.1.0",
        "name": "rest-client",
        "resource": "rest-client",
        "strategy": "registry",
        "subject_version": "2.1.0"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "The rest-client gem 1.6.10 through 1.6.13 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.\nUsers of an affected version should consider downgrading to the last non-affected version of 1.6.9, or upgrading to 1.7.x.\nAdditionally, a set of other minor gems have been partially or completely yanked and are included in this advisory.\nThese include cron_parser, coin_base, blockchain_wallet, awesome-bot, doge-coin, capistrano-colors, bitcoin_vanity, lita_coin, coming-soon, and omniauth_amazon.",
  "id": "BREW-krane-CVE-2019-15224",
  "modified": "2026-08-13T17:01:45Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T17:01:45Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15224"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rest-client/rest-client/issues/713"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/issues/2097"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/wiki/Gems-yanked-and-accounts-locked#19-aug-2019"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/blockchain_wallet/CVE-2019-15224.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/coin_base/CVE-2019-15224.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/doge-coin/CVE-2019-15224.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/lita_coin/CVE-2019-15224.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/omniauth_amazon/CVE-2019-15224.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rest-client/CVE-2019-15224.yml"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "rest-client Gem Contains Malicious Code",
  "upstream": [
    "GHSA-333g-rpr4-7hxq",
    "CVE-2019-15224"
  ]
}



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