CVE-2022-31072 LOW

CVE-2022-31072: Octokit gem published with world-writable files

Vendor Octokit
Product octokit.rb
Weakness CWE-276
Published June 15, 2022
Last update April 23, 2025

CVSS base score

2.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 15, 2022 CVE published
April 23, 2025 Record updated