---
id: CVE-2026-82455
title: >-
  Rejected reason: The RubyGems maintainers determined that the reported
  symlink-following behavior during gem extraction is not a security
  vulnerability, so no vulnerability exists for this record to describe.
summary: >-
  Rejected reason: The RubyGems maintainers determined that the reported
  symlink-following behavior during gem extraction is not a security
  vulnerability, so no vulnerability exists for this record to describe.
severity: high
cvss: 7.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-59
published: '2026-08-29'
updated: '2026-09-11'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-11T12:16:52.270'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82455'
references:
  - url: 'https://github.com/ruby/rubygems'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/ruby/rubygems/commit/103ca4230deacb31b9fcd813de109e83b5fc71ac
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/ruby/rubygems/pull/9493'
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/rubygems-before-4.0.13-path-traversal-via-symlink-resolution
    label: disclosure@vulncheck.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00144
epssPercentile: 0.04005
cvssSource: nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-08-30T07:49:08.684Z'
---

## Overview

Rejected reason: The RubyGems maintainers determined that the reported symlink-following behavior during gem extraction is not a security vulnerability, so no vulnerability exists for this record to describe.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.