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irb: vulnerability history, versions and safety

Q: How do I monitor irb for upcoming vulnerabilities?

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irb is a package in the RubyGems ecosystem. Vulert holds no vulnerabilities for it yet.

0 vulnerabilities recorded

Nothing recorded for this package in the RubyGems ecosystem.

0 with no fix published

Every vulnerability has a patched version to move to.

0 in the last 12 months

Nothing new recorded in the last year.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

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Vulert verdict on irb 1.18.0 i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Good news: 1.18.0, the version you would install today, has no known vulnerabilities.

Package health score 82/100

Security No known security issues
Maintenance Sustainable
Popularity Niche
Community Moderate

What to do: Stay on 1.18.0 or newer. This can change: a vulnerability disclosed tomorrow can affect 1.18.0 too — Vulert watches the package and alerts you if that happens. Monitor it with Vulert →

Current release 1.18.0 — unaffected i
Vulnerabilities on record 0 i
Highest CVSS n/a i
With no published fix 0 i
Stars 477 i
Last release 6 months ago i
Licence Ruby i

Version list, release dates, licence and dependants published by RubyGems, refreshed 23 Oct 2026. Licence information is not legal advice.

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert tracks for irb, newest first, with the vulnerabilities recorded against each one. A version showing none has no vulnerability in the Vulert database — open it for the full picture on that release.

Version	Released	Vulert vulnerabilities	Licence	Fix published	Details
1.18.0	22 Apr 2026	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.17.0	09 Feb 2026	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.16.0	16 Dec 2025	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.15.3	01 Nov 2025	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.15.2	03 Apr 2025	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.15.1	22 Jan 2025	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.15.0	21 Jan 2025	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.14.3	18 Dec 2024	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.14.2	12 Dec 2024	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.14.1	26 Sep 2024	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.14.0	06 Jul 2024	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.13.2	15 Jun 2024	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.13.1	05 May 2024	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.13.0	01 May 2024	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.12.0	07 Mar 2024	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.11.2	07 Feb 2024	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.11.1	09 Jan 2024	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.11.0	20 Dec 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.10.1	05 Dec 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.10.0	03 Dec 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.9.1	21 Nov 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.9.0	10 Nov 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.8.3	14 Oct 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.8.2	12 Oct 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.8.1	05 Sep 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.8.0	30 Aug 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.7.4	15 Jul 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.7.3	13 Jul 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.7.2	11 Jul 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.7.1	02 Jul 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.7.0	04 Jun 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.6.4	09 Apr 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.6.3	07 Mar 2023	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.6.2	20 Dec 2022	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.6.1	13 Dec 2022	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.6.0	09 Dec 2022	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.5.1	28 Nov 2022	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.5.0	21 Nov 2022	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.4.3	17 Nov 2022	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.4.2	05 Oct 2022	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.4.1	25 Dec 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.4.0	24 Dec 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.8.pre.11	09 Oct 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.8.pre.10	03 Oct 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.8.pre.9	10 Sep 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.8.pre.8	06 Sep 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.8.pre.7	03 Sep 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.8.pre.6	02 Sep 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.8.pre.5	31 Aug 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.8.pre.4	30 Aug 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.8.pre.3	30 Aug 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.8.pre.2	29 Aug 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.8.pre.1	29 Aug 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.7	12 Aug 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.6	21 Jun 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.5	02 Apr 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.4	25 Feb 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.3	06 Feb 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.2	17 Jan 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.1	11 Jan 2021	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.3.0	24 Dec 2020	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.2.9	21 Dec 2020	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.2.8	20 Dec 2020	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.2.7	18 Sep 2020	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.2.6	13 Sep 2020	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.2.5	13 Sep 2020	none	Ruby	—	Details →
1.2.4	02 May 2020	none	BSD-2-Clause	—	Details →
1.2.3	15 Feb 2020	none	BSD-2-Clause	—	Details →
1.2.2	14 Feb 2020	none	BSD-2-Clause	—	Details →
1.2.1	24 Dec 2019	none	BSD-2-Clause	—	Details →
1.2.0	07 Dec 2019	none	BSD-2-Clause	—	Details →
1.1.1	07 Dec 2019	none	BSD-2-Clause	—	Details →
1.1.0	20 Nov 2019	none	BSD-2-Clause	—	Details →
1.1.0.pre.4	17 Nov 2019	none	BSD-2-Clause	—	Details →
1.1.0.pre.3	01 Sep 2019	none	BSD-2-Clause	—	Details →
1.1.0.pre.1	18 Jul 2019	none	BSD-2-Clause	—	Details →
1.1.0.pre.2	14 Jul 2019	none	BSD-2-Clause	—	Details →
1.0.0	18 Dec 2018	none	BSD-2-Clause	—	Details →
0.9.6	04 Dec 2018	none	BSD-2-Clause	—	Details →

All 79 versions Vulert tracks for this package. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

No dated vulnerabilities are recorded for this package yet.

Other ways into the data

03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for irb

No vulnerabilities match this view.

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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315

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Questions

About irb

Is irb safe to use?

Vulert has no vulnerabilities on record for irb in RubyGems at this point. That is a good signal rather than a guarantee: new vulnerabilities are published for packages all the time, so the versions you actually run are still worth monitoring.

What is irb's Vulert package health score?

Vulert scores irb 82/100, which reads as in good shape. The score weighs the vulnerability record (40), maintenance and release cadence (25), adoption from dependents and stars (20) and community signals such as the OpenSSF scorecard and forks (15).

Is the latest version of irb affected?

No. 1.18.0, the version you would install today, has no vulnerabilities on record against it. Earlier releases do — the version table above lists each release with what affects it.

Which version of irb should I use?

1.18.0 is the version Vulert recommends for the affected releases. The version table above lists every release with the vulnerabilities recorded against it, so you can confirm the range you actually run.

How many vulnerabilities does irb have?

0 vulnerabilities are recorded for irb in the RubyGems ecosystem: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new irb vulnerabilities disclosed?

0 vulnerabilities were recorded for irb in the last 12 months. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of irb are affected?

Each vulnerability on this page lists the affected version range and the fixed version to move to. Open the vulnerability for the version you actually run — fixes are specific to a release line, not to the package as a whole.

How do I monitor irb for upcoming vulnerabilities?

Upload the manifest or SBOM for your application at vulert.com/scanner and Vulert keeps checking the irb version you actually run against new disclosures, then alerts you when one affects it. There is no installation and no source-code access required.