VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2024-26142
Starting in version 7.1.0, there is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in the Accept header parsing routines of Action Dispatch.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.50%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.50% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Affected
- rubyonrails/rails
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/possible-redos-vulnerability-in-accept-header-parsing-in-action-dispatch/84946Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/b4d3bfb5ed8a5b5a90aad3a3b28860c7a931e272Patch
- https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-jjhx-jhvp-74wqVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2024-26142.ymlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240503-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/possible-redos-vulnerability-in-accept-header-parsing-in-action-dispatch/84946Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/b4d3bfb5ed8a5b5a90aad3a3b28860c7a931e272Patch
- https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-jjhx-jhvp-74wqVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2024-26142.ymlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240503-0003/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.