Improper Input Validation Affecting actionpack package, versions >=6.1.0, <6.1.7.8 >=7.0.0, <7.0.8.4 >=7.1.0, <7.1.3.4 >=7.2.0.beta1, <7.2.0.beta2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-ACTIONPACK-7210237
  • published 5 Jun 2024
  • disclosed 4 Jun 2024
  • credit Shintaro Kobori

How to fix?

Upgrade actionpack to version 6.1.7.8, 7.0.8.4, 7.1.3.4, 7.2.0.beta2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to the improper handling of security headers for non-HTML content types. An attacker can potentially exploit this to bypass security restrictions by sending specially crafted requests that exploit the lack of security headers.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

5.4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

9.8 critical
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Red Hat

5.4 medium
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SUSE

5.3 medium