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 :
Feb. 14, 2025, 4:22 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 14, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE NIST CWE-1333 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.1.0 up to (excluding) 7.1.3.1 OR cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.2.0 Changed Reference Type https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/possible-redos-vulnerability-in-accept-header-parsing-in-action-dispatch/84946 No Types Assigned https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/possible-redos-vulnerability-in-accept-header-parsing-in-action-dispatch/84946 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/possible-redos-vulnerability-in-accept-header-parsing-in-action-dispatch/84946 No Types Assigned https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/possible-redos-vulnerability-in-accept-header-parsing-in-action-dispatch/84946 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/b4d3bfb5ed8a5b5a90aad3a3b28860c7a931e272 No Types Assigned https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/b4d3bfb5ed8a5b5a90aad3a3b28860c7a931e272 Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/b4d3bfb5ed8a5b5a90aad3a3b28860c7a931e272 No Types Assigned https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/b4d3bfb5ed8a5b5a90aad3a3b28860c7a931e272 Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-jjhx-jhvp-74wq No Types Assigned https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-jjhx-jhvp-74wq Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-jjhx-jhvp-74wq No Types Assigned https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-jjhx-jhvp-74wq Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2024-26142.yml No Types Assigned https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2024-26142.yml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2024-26142.yml No Types Assigned https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2024-26142.yml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240503-0003/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240503-0003/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240503-0003/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240503-0003/ Third Party Advisory -
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
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-26142 is
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