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CVE-2008-1145

Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1...

5.0 MediumPublic exploitFix available

Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash () path separators or case-insensitive file names, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via (1) "..%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences or (2) filenames that match patterns in the :NondisclosureName option.

Exploit likelihood

27.1%Up 14.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash () path separators or case-insensitive file names, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via (1) "..%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences or (2) filenames that match patterns in the :NondisclosureName option.

Record
CVE-2008-1145
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash () path separators or case-insensitive file names, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via (1) "..%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences or (2) filenames that match patterns in the :NondisclosureName option.

Record
CVE-2008-1145
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-1154 No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash () path separators or case-insensitive file names, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via (1) "..%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences or (2) filenames that match patterns in the :NondisclosureName option.

Record
EUVD-2008-1154
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f279-rf2r-m6m5 No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1...

Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash () path separators or case-insensitive file names, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via (1) "..%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences or (2) filenames that match patterns in the :NondisclosureName option.

Record
GHSA-f279-rf2r-m6m5
Weakness
CWE-22
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
irb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-mode
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-tcltk
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
irb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ruby-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-mode
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-tcltk
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
irb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-mode
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-tcltk
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
irb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-mode
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby-tcltk
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1
ruby
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-mode
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-irb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-rdoc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-ri
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-tcltk
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-docs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-irb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-mode
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-rdoc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-ri
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
ruby-tcltk
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5
0:1.8.5-5.el5_2.5

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBRuby 1.8.6/1.9 (WEBick HTTPd 1.3.1) - Directory Traversal2008-03-06

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-1145 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Ruby-lang Webrick, published March 4, 2008. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.1%, the 98th percentile. Fixed in irb 0:1.8.1-7.el4_7.1.

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