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ubuntu-cve-2022-31072

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2022-06-15 23:15

Modified

2026-05-20 14:56

Summary

Details

Octokit is a Ruby toolkit for the GitHub API. Versions 4.23.0 and 4.24.0 of the octokit gem were published containing world-writeable files. Specifically, the gem was packed with files having their permissions set to -rw-rw-rw- (i.e. 0666) instead of rw-r--r-- (i.e. 0644). This means everyone who is not the owner (Group and Public) with access to the instance where this release had been installed could modify the world-writable files from this gem. This issue is patched in Octokit 4.25.0. Two workarounds are available. Users can use the previous version of the gem, v4.22.0. Alternatively, users can modify the file permissions manually until they are able to upgrade to the latest version.

Severity

2.5 (Low)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

3.3 (Low)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-31072	REPORT
	https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/commit/1c8e…	REPORT
	https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/security/ad…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31072	REPORT

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  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:56:00Z",
  "published": "2022-06-15T23:15:00Z",
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}

CVE-2022-31072 (GCVE-0-2022-31072)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-15 22:35 – Updated: 2025-04-23 18:11

Title

Octokit gem published with world-writable files

Summary

Octokit is a Ruby toolkit for the GitHub API. Versions 4.23.0 and 4.24.0 of the octokit gem were published containing world-writeable files. Specifically, the gem was packed with files having their permissions set to `-rw-rw-rw-` (i.e. 0666) instead of `rw-r--r--` (i.e. 0644). This means everyone who is not the owner (Group and Public) with access to the instance where this release had been installed could modify the world-writable files from this gem. This issue is patched in Octokit 4.25.0. Two workarounds are available. Users can use the previous version of the gem, v4.22.0. Alternatively, users can modify the file permissions manually until they are able to upgrade to the latest version.

Severity

2.5 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/security/ad…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/commit/1c8e…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
octokit	octokit.rb	Affected: >= 4.23.0, < 4.25.0

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2022-31072 (GCVE-0-2022-31072)

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