HIGH 8.8
GHSA-cr3x-7m39-c6jq
Remote code execution via user-provided local names in ActionView
Details
The is a code injection vulnerability in versions of Rails prior to 5.0.1 that would allow an attacker who controlled the `locals` argument of a `render` call to perform a RCE.
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Affected packages
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8163 [ADVISORY]
- https://hackerone.com/reports/304805 [WEB]
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2020-8163.yml [WEB]
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/hWuKcHyoKh0 [WEB]
- https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/hWuKcHyoKh0 [WEB]
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00013.html [WEB]
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158604/Ruby-On-Rails-5.0.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html [WEB]