CVE-2016-2098
HIGH7.3EPSS 86.7%actionpack allows remote code execution via application's unrestricted use of render method
Published: 10/24/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/railsfrom 0, < 2:4.2.5.2-1
- RubyGems/actionpack>= 3.0.0, < 3.2.22.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
References (17)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2098
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2098
- PATCHhttps://github.com/rails/rails
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00057.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00086.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
- WEBhttps://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2016-2098.yml
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/ly-IH-fxr_Q
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200228015318/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83725
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210612214217/https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ly-IH-fxr_Q/WLoOhcMZIAAJ
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20211205173437/https://securitytracker.com/id/1035122
- WEBhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40086
- WEBhttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3509