USN-7695-1: Sidekiq vulnerabilities

Publication date

14 August 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Sidekiq.


Packages

  • ruby-sidekiq - Simple, efficient background processing for Ruby

Details

Anas Roubi discovered that Sidekiq did not correctly sanitize certain
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site
scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-30151)

It was discovered that Sidekiq did not correctly bound certain inputs. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-23837)

Anas Roubi discovered that Sidekiq did not correctly sanitize certain
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site
scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-30151)

It was discovered that Sidekiq did not correctly bound certain inputs. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-23837)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.04 jammy ruby-sidekiq –  6.3.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 focal ruby-sidekiq –  5.2.7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
18.04 bionic ruby-sidekiq –  5.0.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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