Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-41316: ERB is a templating system for Ruby. Ruby 2.7.0 (before ERB 2.2.0 was published on rubygems.org) introduced an `@_init` instance variable guard in `ERB#result` and `ERB#run` to prevent code execution when an ERB object is reconstructed via `Marshal.load` (deserialization). However, three other public methods that also evaluate `@src` via `eval()` were not given the same guard: `ERB#def_method`, `ERB#def_module`, and `ERB#def_class`. An attacker who can trigger `Marshal.load` on untrusted data in a Ruby application that has `erb` loaded can use `ERB#def_module` (zero-arg, default parameters) as a code execution sink, bypassing the `@_init` protection entirely. ERB 4.0.3.1, 4.0.4.1, 6.0.1.1, and 6.0.4 patch the issue.
Fixed packages 34
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4 | 0:3.4.8-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-bundled-gems | 0:3.4.8-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-bundled-gems-debuginfo | 0:3.4.8-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-debuginfo | 0:3.4.8-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-debugsource | 0:3.4.8-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-default-gems | 0:3.4.8-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-devel | 0:3.4.8-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-doc | 0:3.4.8-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-libs | 0:3.4.8-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-libs-debuginfo | 0:3.4.8-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-bigdecimal | 0:3.1.8-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-bigdecimal-debuginfo | 0:3.1.8-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-bundler | 0:2.6.9-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-io-console | 0:0.8.1-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-io-console-debuginfo | 0:0.8.1-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-irb | 0:1.14.3-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-json | 0:2.9.1-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-json-debuginfo | 0:2.9.1-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-minitest | 0:5.25.4-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-power_assert | 0:2.0.5-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-psych | 0:5.2.2-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-psych-debuginfo | 0:5.2.2-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-racc | 0:1.8.1-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-racc-debuginfo | 0:1.8.1-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-rake | 0:13.2.1-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-rbs | 0:3.8.0-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-rbs-debuginfo | 0:3.8.0-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-rdoc | 0:6.14.0-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-rexml | 0:3.4.4-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-rss | 0:0.3.1-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-test-unit | 0:3.6.7-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygem-typeprof | 0:0.30.1-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygems | 0:3.6.9-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | ruby3.4-rubygems-devel | 0:3.6.9-27.amzn2023.0.5 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.1
ERB has an @_init deserialization guard bypass via def_module / def_method / def_class
ERB is a templating system for Ruby. Ruby 2.7.0 (before ERB 2.2.0 was published on rubygems.org) introduced an `@_init` instance variable guard in `ERB#result` and `ERB#run` to prevent code execution when an ERB object is reconstructed via `Marshal.load` (des…
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-41316.html