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CVE-2026-105221 (GCVE-0-2026-105221)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-04 22:31
Modified
2026-10-05 20:28
CWE
  • CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Summary
The gist RubyGem before 6.1.0 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability that allows on-path attackers to intercept HTTPS traffic because http_connection in lib/gist.rb sets VERIFY_NONE. Attackers can present any certificate to read or modify GitHub API traffic, stealing OAuth tokens and login credentials to read and modify the victim's gists.
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Vendor Product Version
defunkt gist Version: 4.0.0   ≤
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