Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2024-22049 affects the Ruby httparty package before 0.21.0. An unauthenticated remote attacker may influence filenames in multipart/form-data upload handling, causing attacker-controlled filenames to be written. The documented impact is integrity-only and rated medium, not a full system compromise.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted dependency update, not an emergency response, unless the organization exposes upload workflows that forward untrusted filenames through vulnerable httparty versions.
Technical view
httparty before 0.21.0 has an assumed-immutable web parameter issue, mapped to CWE-472. Crafted multipart/form-data filename input can tamper with generated request data and affect written filenames. The source bundle identifies a vendor advisory and patch commit; version 0.21.0 is the fixed release.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in Ruby applications, services, or OS packages using httparty before 0.21.0 with multipart/form-data upload flows involving untrusted filename input. Systems not using httparty multipart uploads are less likely exposed.
Exploitation context
The provided bundle does not cite active exploitation, and KEV is false. CVSS indicates network reachability, low attack complexity, no privileges, and no user interaction, but only low integrity impact with no stated confidentiality or availability impact.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to advisories, CVE metadata, package announcements, and a patch reference. The bundle does not provide proof-of-concept details or exploitation telemetry. Validate exposure by dependency version and multipart upload data flow.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade httparty to 0.21.0 or later.
- Apply relevant Fedora or Debian package updates where httparty is OS-managed.
- Review vendor advisory guidance before relying on compensating controls.
- Avoid passing untrusted filenames into multipart upload flows without validation.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Gemfile.lock, gemspecs, containers, and OS packages for httparty versions.
- Confirm deployed runtime uses httparty 0.21.0 or later.
- Identify code paths that build multipart/form-data requests with user-supplied filenames.
- Check package manager advisories for applicable Fedora or Debian fixed builds.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N3.91.4CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Vulnerability timeline
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- CVE publishedCVE Program
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- CVE updatedCVE Program
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/jnunemaker/httparty/security/advisories/GHSA-5pq7-52mg-hr42CVE reference, VulnCheck · vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/jnunemaker/httparty/commit/cdb45a678c43e44570b4e73f84b1abeb5ec22b8eCVE reference, VulnCheck · patch
- https://github.com/jnunemaker/httparty/blob/4416141d37fd71bdba4f37589ec265f55aa446ce/lib/httparty/request/body.rb#L43CVE reference, VulnCheck · related
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5pq7-52mg-hr42CVE reference, VulnCheck · vendor-advisory
- https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-5pq7-52mg-hr42CVE reference, VulnCheck · third-party-advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IOWECZPJY6JZIA5FSBJR77KCRDXWDZDA/CVE reference, VulnCheck
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4LDGAVPR4KB72V4GGQCWODEAI72QZI3V/CVE reference, VulnCheck
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00011.htmlCVE reference, VulnCheck
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00043.htmlCVE reference, CVE
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CWE details
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External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter
External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.