GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-3jfp-46x4-xgfj yard: Possible arbitrary path traversal and file access via yard server

MEDIUM Published 2026-04-17 Modified 2026-06-09 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-41493
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
yard
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-22
Reviewed
2026-04-17

Affected packages

• RubyGems yard: < 0.9.42 → fixed in 0.9.42

Description

Impact A path traversal vulnerability was discovered in YARD <= 0.9.41 when using yard server to serve documentation. This bug would allow unsanitized HTTP requests to access arbitrary files on the machine of a yard server host under certain conditions. The original patch in GHSA-xfhh-rx56-rxcr was incorrectly applied. Patches Please upgrade to YARD v0.9.42 immediately if you are relying on yard server to host documentation in any untrusted environments without WEBrick and rely on `--docroot`. Workarounds For users who cannot upgrade, it is possible to perform path sanitization of HTTP requests at your webserver level. WEBrick, for example, can perform such sanitization by default (which you can use via yard server -s webrick), as can certain rules in your webserver configuration.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References