{"id":"USN-8990-1","summary":"ruby-sprockets vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that Sprockets incorrectly handled certain specially\ncrafted requests when the Sprockets server was used in production. A remote\nattacker could possibly use this issue to access files outside of the\napplication's root directory.","modified":"2026-11-04T03:43:09.325806407Z","published":"2026-11-03T17:37:22Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3760"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-3760","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3760"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8990-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-3760"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ruby-sprockets","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-sprockets?arch=source&distro=esm-apps-legacy%2Fxenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["2.12.3-1","3.3.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"ruby-sprockets"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8990-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2018-3760","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.9.2"}