CVE-2026-105221
HIGHCVSS 7.4Description
The gist RubyGem before 6.1.0 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability that allows on-path attackers to intercept HTTPS traffic because http_connection in lib/gist.rb sets VERIFY_NONE. Attackers can present any certificate to read or modify GitHub API traffic, stealing OAuth tokens and login credentials to read and modify the victim's gists.
Timeline
Published:October 4th, 2026 11:16 PM
Last modified:October 5th, 2026 9:16 PM
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3: 7.4 (HIGH)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
References & Reports
Advisories, patches, and third-party reports
- https://github.com/defunkt/gist
- https://github.com/defunkt/gist/blob/v6.0.0/lib/gist.rb#L466-L468
- https://github.com/defunkt/gist/commit/07ccc1a6d46e9d36f0e85d0b1c5d795890ae6bcf
- https://github.com/defunkt/gist/issues/373
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gist-rubygem-before-6.1.0-disabled-tls-certificate-verification
Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute