Code Injection Vulnerability in Active Storage by Rails
CVE-2022-21831

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Rubyonrails

Status
Https://github.com/rails/rails
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 May 2022

What is CVE-2022-21831?

A code injection vulnerability is present in Active Storage versions 5.2.0 and later. This flaw can be exploited if an attacker crafts malicious image_processing arguments, potentially leading to unauthorized code execution on the affected system. It highlights the importance of ensuring that user-input data is properly validated and sanitized to mitigate such risks.

Affected Version(s)

https://github.com/rails/rails 7.0.2.3, 6.1.4.7, 6.0.4.7, 5.2.6.3

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w749-p3v6-hccq
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg0...
mailing-list
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221118-0001/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2022-21831 : Code Injection Vulnerability in Active Storage by Rails