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CVE-2014-9489

HIGH

CVE-2014-9489 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) CWE-284 vulnerability in gollum_project gollum. O3 Security detects and blocks CVE-2014-9489 exploitation at runtime via eBPF exploit-chain detection and L7 egress monitoring, even on unpatched systems.

The gollum-grit_adapter Ruby gem dependency in gollum before 3.1.1 and the gollum-lib gem dependency in gollum-lib before 4.0.1 when the string "master" is in any of the wiki documents,…

Published
Oct 17, 2017
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
Affected
0 pkgs
Patched
None yet
Exploits
None indexed

Description

The gollum-grit_adapter Ruby gem dependency in gollum before 3.1.1 and the gollum-lib gem dependency in gollum-lib before 4.0.1 when the string "master" is in any of the wiki documents, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via the -O or --open-files-in-pager flags.

Affected Products

3 products · 3 configurations
Application
gollumgollum_project
≤ 3.1.0
range
Application
gollum-libgollum_project
≤ 4.0.0
range
Application
grit adaptergollum_project
≤ 0.1.0
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Vendor / appliance
  1. Detect

    Inventory every gollum_project gollum deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above. Because the exploit targets the running system rather than your application code, also watch for remote code execution at the network and runtime layer — O3 flags the exploit behaviour from runtime telemetry and egress traffic even before a vulnerable build is confirmed.

  2. Remediation status

    No patch has shipped for CVE-2014-9489 yet — track the gollum_project gollum advisory for a fixed release and apply the workarounds below in the meantime.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    Cut exposure now: restrict the management/admin interface to trusted networks, segment the device, and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations and any WAF/IPS signature. O3's runtime protection blocks the exploit chain at execution, holding the line on unpatched or end-of-life systems until you can patch.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 detects and blocks CVE-2014-9489 exploitation at runtime: eBPF exploit-chain detection, plus L7 egress monitoring that catches the post-exploitation callback and severs the attacker's outbound channel.

Tailored to CVE-2014-9489. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

The gollum-grit_adapter Ruby gem dependency in gollum before 3.1.1 and the gollum-lib gem dependency in gollum-lib before 4.0.1 when the string "master" is in any of the wiki documents, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via the -O or --open-files-in-pager flags.
O3 Security · Runtime Protection

Is CVE-2014-9489 being exploited in your environment?

O3's eBPF runtime sensors and L7 egress monitoring detect and block the CVE-2014-9489 exploit chain at execution — protecting unpatched and end-of-life systems until the vendor patch is applied.