CVE-2016-11086: Improper Certificate Validation in oauth ruby gem

CVE-2016-11086 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2021-04-22

Improper Certificate Validation in oauth ruby gem

Technologies: oauth (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2016-11086 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2016-11086 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2016-11086?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 22 April 2021.
Which products and versions are affected?
oauth (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.5.5.
Is there a fix for CVE-2016-11086?
Yes. oauth (RubyGems): upgrade to 0.5.5 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2016-11086?
Check whether you run oauth (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • oauth (RubyGems): upgrade to 0.5.5 or later
    bundle update oauth

Affected products

  • oauth (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.5.5

Identifiers

  • CVE-2016-11086
  • GHSA-7359-3c6r-hfc2

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