CVE-2019-10780
BibTeX-Ruby vulnerable to OS command injection
BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.
- Record
CVE-2019-10780- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.
- Record
CVE-2019-10780- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-0299 No score
BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.
- Record
EUVD-2020-0299- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c5r5-7pfh-6qg6
BibTeX-Ruby vulnerable to OS command injection
BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.
- Record
GHSA-c5r5-7pfh-6qg6- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.
- Record
CVE-2019-10780- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-c5r5-7pfh-6qg6
BibTeX-Ruby vulnerable to OS command injection
BibTeX-ruby before 5.1.0 allows shell command injection due to unsanitized user input being passed directly to the built-in Ruby Kernel.open method through BibTeX.open.
- Record
GHSA-c5r5-7pfh-6qg6- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
bibtex-rubyRubyGems |
through 5.0.1 | 5.1.0 |
bibtex-rubyRubyGems |
before 5.1.0, plus listed versions 1.0.01.1.01.1.11.1.21.2.0 Show 45 moreShow less1.2.11.3.01.3.11.3.101.3.111.3.121.3.21.3.31.3.41.3.51.3.61.3.71.3.81.3.92.0.02.0.0pre12.0.12.0.102.0.112.0.122.0.22.0.32.0.42.0.52.0.62.0.72.0.82.0.92.1.02.1.12.1.22.2.02.2.12.2.22.3.02.3.12.3.22.3.32.3.43.0.03.0.13.1.03.1.13.1.23.1.3 |
5.1.0 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-10780 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Bibtex-ruby Project Bibtex-ruby, published January 22, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.81%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in bibtex-ruby 5.1.0.
References
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-BIBTEXRUBY-542602
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10780
github.com/inukshuk/bibtex-ruby/commit/14406f4460f4e1ecabd25ca94f809b3ea7c5fb11
Left out here: 35 versions. The JSON record has them.