{"id":"CVE-2019-13354","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-13354","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:00:15.086Z","title":"The strong_password gem 0.0.7 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party.","description":"The strong_password gem 0.0.7 for Ruby, as distributed on RubyGems.org, included a code-execution backdoor inserted by a third party. The current version, without this backdoor, is 0.0.6.","published":"2019-07-08T14:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:16:38.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["strong password project/strong password"],"epss":{"score":0.03329,"percentile":0.88551,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://benjamin-bouchet.com/blog/vulnerabilite-dans-la-gem-strong_password-0-0-7/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/bdmac/strong_password/releases","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://rubygems.org/gems/strong_password/versions","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://withatwist.dev/strong-password-rubygem-hijacked.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://benjamin-bouchet.com/blog/vulnerabilite-dans-la-gem-strong_password-0-0-7/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/bdmac/strong_password/releases","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://rubygems.org/gems/strong_password/versions","tags":["Release Notes","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://withatwist.dev/strong-password-rubygem-hijacked.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13354","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}