High, CVSS 7.4RubyGemsPublished
Improper Certificate Validation in EM-HTTP-Request
CVE-2020-13482 · GHSA-q27f-v3r6-9v77
- Affected
- RubyGems em-http-request <= 1.1.5
- Fixed in
- 1.1.6· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- EM-HTTP-Request 1.1.5 uses the library eventmachine in an insecure way that allows an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack against users of the library. The hostname in a TLS server certificate is not verified.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.1.6 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.