CVE-2020-8151
There is a possible information disclosure issue in Active Resource <v5.1.1 that could allow an attacker to create specially crafted requests to access data in an unexpected way and possibly leak information.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
There is a possible information disclosure issue in Active Resource <v5.1.1 that could allow an attacker to create specially crafted requests to access data in an unexpected way and possibly leak information.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.22% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-863
- Affected
- rubyonrails/active resource · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- support@hackerone.com
EPSS 2.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/pktoF4VmiM8
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P7B7A4H22DZ522HLDS3JX3NX2CXIOZSR/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/pktoF4VmiM8
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P7B7A4H22DZ522HLDS3JX3NX2CXIOZSR/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.