Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting actionview package, versions <4.2.11.3 >=5.0.0, <5.0.1


0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    EPSS 96.83% (100th percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high
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Red Hat
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-ACTIONVIEW-569156
  • published 17 May 2020
  • disclosed 17 May 2020
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade actionview to version 4.2.11.3, 5.0.1 or higher.

Overview

actionview is a simple, battle-tested conventions and helpers for building web pages.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). An attacker might be able to control the locals argument of a render call.

Note: It doesn't affect applications that don't allow users to control the names of locals.