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CVE-2020-8163: Code Injection

July 2, 2020 (updated July 27, 2020)

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

References

  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8163

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Affected versions

All versions before 5.0.1

Fixed versions

  • 5.0.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.0.1 or above.

Impact 8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Source file

gem/rails/CVE-2020-8163.yml

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