CVE-2016-11086

HIGH
7.4
CVSS Score
Published: September 24, 2020 at 07:34 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOauth Ruby

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Severity
HIGH7.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

lib/oauth/consumer.rb in the oauth-ruby gem through 0.5.4 for Ruby does not verify server X.509 certificates if a certificate bundle cannot be found, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 0.5.4

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/oauth-xx/oauth-ruby/issues/137

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295

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