7.5
HIGH
CVE-2024-26142
ruby-rails ReDoS Vulnerability
Description

Rails is a web-application framework. Starting in version 7.1.0, there is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in the Accept header parsing routines of Action Dispatch. This vulnerability is patched in 7.1.3.1. Ruby 3.2 has mitigations for this problem, so Rails applications using Ruby 3.2 or newer are unaffected.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 27, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 9:02 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-26142 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Rubyonrails rails

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-26142 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-26142 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/possible-redos-vulnerability-in-accept-header-parsing-in-action-dispatch/84946
    Added Reference https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/b4d3bfb5ed8a5b5a90aad3a3b28860c7a931e272
    Added Reference https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-jjhx-jhvp-74wq
    Added Reference https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2024-26142.yml
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240503-0003/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240503-0003/ [No types assigned]
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 27, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Rails is a web-application framework. Starting in version 7.1.0, there is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in the Accept header parsing routines of Action Dispatch. This vulnerability is patched in 7.1.3.1. Ruby 3.2 has mitigations for this problem, so Rails applications using Ruby 3.2 or newer are unaffected.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-jjhx-jhvp-74wq [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/b4d3bfb5ed8a5b5a90aad3a3b28860c7a931e272 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/possible-redos-vulnerability-in-accept-header-parsing-in-action-dispatch/84946 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2024-26142.yml [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-1333
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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