CVE-2020-8163: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

July 2, 2020 (updated July 27, 2020)

The is a code injection vulnerability in versions of Rails that wouldallow an attacker who controlled the locals argument of a render call to perform a RCE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/158604/Ruby-On-Rails-5.0.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/hWuKcHyoKh0
hackerone.com/reports/304805
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00013.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8163

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