rubygems-pwn

https://github.com/sophsec/rubygems-pwn

A Proof of Concept (PoC) exploit for an trivial Security vulnerability in how RubyGems converts YAML-dumped gemspecs, back into Ruby code, when installing RubyGems. This ties into the larger design mistake, of storing installed gemspecs as Ruby code; since evaling Ruby code was faster than loading YAML gemspecs. When handling data, it is safer to store it in a static format (YAML, XML, CSV), instead of executable code.