Kobako is a Ruby gem that embeds a Wasm-isolated mruby interpreter inside applications, allowing execution of untrusted Ruby scripts…
GitHub_M·CWE-94·Published 2026-08-18
Kobako is a Ruby gem that embeds a Wasm-isolated mruby interpreter inside applications, allowing execution of untrusted Ruby scripts (LLM-generated code, user formulas, student submissions, third-party plugins) in-process without giving them access to host memory, files, network, or credentials. From version 0.1.0 to before version 0.9.1, a guest mruby script running inside the Kobako sandbox can execute arbitrary Ruby in the host process, fully escaping the sandbox. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.1.
Kobako is a Ruby gem that embeds a Wasm-isolated mruby interpreter inside applications, allowing execution of untrusted Ruby scripts (LLM-generated code, user formulas, student submissions, third-party plugins) in-process without giving them access to host memory, files, network, or credentials. From version 0.1.0 to before version 0.9.1, a guest mruby script running inside the Kobako sandbox can execute arbitrary Ruby in the host process, fully escaping the sandbox. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.1.
### Summary A guest mruby script running inside the Kobako sandbox can execute arbitrary Ruby in the host process, fully escaping the sandbox. ### Details A host embeds bound "Service" objects that guest scripts call across the wasm boundary through the transport dispatcher. The dispatcher passed the guest-supplied method name straight to `Object#public_send` on the bound object, with no restriction to the object's own methods: ```ruby target.public_send(method.to_sym, *args, **kwargs, &block) ``` `public_send` can invoke any public method, including Ruby's ambient reflection surface. A guest pivots through the public `send` into otherwise private Kernel methods: a dispatch request with `method = "send"` and `args = [:eval, "<ruby>"]` evaluates to `target.send(:eval, "<ruby>")`, running attacker-controlled Ruby in the host. Any bound Service object is sufficient — no Service-specific behavior is required. ### Proof of Concept A guest call equivalent to: ``` Service.send(:eval, "<arbitrary host ruby>") ``` executes in the host process and can read or modify host state, spawn processes, and so on. ### Impact Complete sandbox escape leading to remote code execution in the host process, defeating the gem's central guarantee of isolating untrusted mruby scripts. Any deployment that runs untrusted or attacker-influenced scripts is affected. All released versions (0.1.0 through 0.9.0) are vulnerable; the dispatcher carried the same unguarded `public_send` sink under three successive names (`registry` → `rpc` → `transport`). ### Patches Fixed in 0.9.1. The dispatcher now rejects any method whose resolved owner is a core/meta module (`BasicObject`, `Kernel`, `Object`, `Module`, `Class`), so only methods the bound object itself defines — or dynamically handles via `method_missing` — remain reachable. The ambient reflection methods (`send`, `__send__`, `public_send`, `instance_eval`, `instance_exec`, `method`, `instance_variable_get`, …) are all owned by those modules and are blocked. ### Workarounds None within the affected versions. Until you can upgrade, do not bind any host Service object into a sandbox that runs untrusted scripts. Upgrade to 0.9.1. ### References - GHSA-7pwq-q9jf-539h - Fix commit: 64f8470 ### Credits Reported and fixed by Ahmed Al Hafoudh.
### Summary A guest mruby script running inside the Kobako sandbox can execute arbitrary Ruby in the host process, fully escaping the sandbox. ### Details A host embeds bound "Service" objects that guest scripts call across the wasm boundary through the transport dispatcher. The dispatcher passed the guest-supplied method name straight to `Object#public_send` on the bound object, with no restriction to the object's own methods: ```ruby target.public_send(method.to_sym, *args, **kwargs, &block) ``` `public_send` can invoke any public method, including Ruby's ambient reflection surface. A guest pivots through the public `send` into otherwise private Kernel methods: a dispatch request with `method = "send"` and `args = [:eval, "<ruby>"]` evaluates to `target.send(:eval, "<ruby>")`, running attacker-controlled Ruby in the host. Any bound Service object is sufficient — no Service-specific behavior is required. ### Proof of Concept A guest call equivalent to: ``` Service.send(:eval, "<arbitrary host ruby>") ``` executes in the host process and can read or modify host state, spawn processes, and so on. ### Impact Complete sandbox escape leading to remote code execution in the host process, defeating the gem's central guarantee of isolating untrusted mruby scripts. Any deployment that runs untrusted or attacker-influenced scripts is affected. All released versions (0.1.0 through 0.9.0) are vulnerable; the dispatcher carried the same unguarded `public_send` sink under three successive names (`registry` → `rpc` → `transport`). ### Patches Fixed in 0.9.1. The dispatcher now rejects any method whose resolved owner is a core/meta module (`BasicObject`, `Kernel`, `Object`, `Module`, `Class`), so only methods the bound object itself defines — or dynamically handles via `method_missing` — remain reachable. The ambient reflection methods (`send`, `__send__`, `public_send`, `instance_eval`, `instance_exec`, `method`, `instance_variable_get`, …) are all owned by those modules and are blocked. ### Workarounds None within the affected versions. Until you can upgrade, do not bind any host Service object into a sandbox that runs untrusted scripts. Upgrade to 0.9.1. ### References - GHSA-7pwq-q9jf-539h - Fix commit: 64f8470 ### Credits Reported and fixed by Ahmed Al Hafoudh.
| Version | Type | Source | Base | Exp | Impact | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | Primary | cve.org | 10.0 | — | — | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 3.1 | Primary | cve.org | 10.0 | — | — | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 3.1 | Secondary | ENISA EUVD | 10.0 | — | — | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 3.1 | Secondary | GHSA | 10.0 | — | — | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 3.1 | Secondary | NVD | 10.0 | 3.9 | 6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |