Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting rails package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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- published11 Nov 2026
- disclosed10 Nov 2026
Introduced: 10 Nov 2026
NewCVE-2026-126078 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:14 rails.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rails package and not the rails package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.
Action View is a framework for handling view template lookup and rendering and provides view helpers for building HTML. Prior to 8.1.4.1 and 8.0.5.2, ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper#highlight substitutes each matched phrase into the :highlighter string without escaping it and returns the result marked HTML-safe. Because sanitizing leaves quote characters in text unescaped, a match substituted into a quoted attribute value of the highlighter, such as the <a href="search?q=\1"> form shown in the method's documentation, could end the attribute value and add attributes to the element, possibly leading to XSS. Applications are affected when they pass a :highlighter that places a placeholder inside an attribute value and highlight text or phrases that a user controls. The default <mark>\1</mark> highlighter and the block form are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 8.1.4.1 and 8.0.5.2.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-126078
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/06938194b4fd59e1d2c8ab4a781f3c1e2b763425
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c796f6198837479ada13290eb8fa767b5219a58a
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.0.5.2
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.1.4.1
- https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-v6rj-xm57-3p59