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Medium, CVSS 5.5

Ciborg gem for Ruby allows local users to write files and gain privileges via Symlink

CVE-2014-5003GHSA-g982-9r8g-6qxw

What to do

Vendor response not established. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check back for a fix.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

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Affected packages

  • RubyGems ciborg

    Affected
    >= 3.0.0, <= 3.0.0
    Fixed in
    no fixed version recorded

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS
5.5 · CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
  • CVE-2014-5003: 0.38% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 32.00 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

There is a /tmp file race condition in chef/travis-cookbooks/cienvironment/perlbrew/recipes/default.rb in the ciborg gem 3.0.0 when creating /tmp/perlbrew-installer. If a malicious local user creates the file first they can overwrite the contents with their own code executing it as the ciborg process owner.

Dates and revisions
Published by the source
Last modified by the source
Source last checked
  1. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from ghsa record GHSA-g982-9r8g-6qxw

Agent brief

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2014-5003

Advisory: Ciborg gem for Ruby allows local users to write files and gain privileges via Symlink
IDs: CVE-2014-5003, GHSA-g982-9r8g-6qxw
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2014-5003 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 15:48 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor response not established. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- RubyGems ciborg: affected >= 3.0.0, <= 3.0.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- RubyGems ciborg: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
No complete vendor fix is recorded. Follow the primary source's mitigation guidance and check this record again before closing anything.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on ciborg.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g982-9r8g-6qxw (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-g982-9r8g-6qxw lists affected ranges: RubyGems ciborg >=3.0.0 <=3.0.0)

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