Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 16, 2024· Updated Apr 3, 2026

CVE-2024-28862

Description

The Ruby One Time Password library (ROTP) is an open source library for generating and validating one time passwords. Affected versions had overly permissive default permissions. Users should patch to version 6.3.0. Users unable to patch may correct file permissions after installation.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
rotpRubyGems	>= 6.2.1, < 6.3.0	6.3.0

Affected products

Rotp Project/Rotp
cpe:2.3:a:rotp_project:rotp:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
Range: >=6.2.1,<6.3.0

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-x2h8-qmj4-g62fghsaADVISORY
github.com/mdp/rotp/security/advisories/GHSA-x2h8-qmj4-g62fnvdVendor AdvisoryWEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28862ghsaADVISORY
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rotp/CVE-2024-28862.ymlghsaWEB

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