CVE-2026-105221EPSS p6.8%

CVE-2026-105221CVE-2026-105221

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS 7.4 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS0.18% probability of exploitation · percentile 6.8% · 2026-10-10T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-10-06
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.