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🛡️ CVE-2024-22049 on Ubuntu — ruby-httparty

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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Description

httparty before 0.21.0 is vulnerable to an assumed-immutable web parameter vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can provide a crafted filename parameter during multipart/form-data uploads which could result in attacker controlled filenames being written.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-22049 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package ruby-httparty. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22049 is classified as CWE-472: External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter. The web application does not sufficiently verify inputs that are assumed to be immutable but are actually externally controllable, such as hidden form fields.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-22049 is recorded against 1 package.

  • ruby-httparty

Timeline and source

Published on 4 January 2024 and last revised on 24 October 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
vulncheck.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

ruby-httparty has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-472: External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter) in other software:

CVE-2024-22049 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-01-04
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-10-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ruby-httparty — —

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