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Post says Ruby regex engine flaws enabled attempted compromise of Alpine Linux GitLab
- Status
- Unverified: only social posts report this so far
- Kind
- Vulnerability
- Vendor
- Ruby
- Product
- regex engine
- First seen
Summary
A Bluesky post says Ruby had severe regex-engine vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution. It states these affected GitLab instances and led to an attempted compromise of Alpine Linux's instance, and it cites an Alpine Linux post for details.
If you use Ruby
Update Ruby to a patched release that fixes the regex engine vulnerabilities
Update GitLab instances to a version that includes the Ruby fix
Review GitLab and server logs for signs of exploitation
What the sources say 1
· Bluesky: “Indeed, Ruby had a couple of severe vulnerabilities in its regex engine that could result in remote code execution.” Source