CVE-2020-8163
HIGH8.8EPSS 91.1%rails - security update
Published: 7/7/2020Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The is a code injection vulnerability in versions of Rails prior to 5.0.1 that wouldallow an attacker who controlled the `locals` argument of a `render` call to perform a RCE.
Affected packages (4)
- Bitnami/railsfrom 0, < 5.0.1
- Debian/railsfrom 0, < 2:5.2.0+dfsg-2
- Debian/railsfrom 0, < 2:4.2.7.1-1+deb9u3
- RubyGems/actionviewfrom 0, < 4.2.11.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8163
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8163
- WEBhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158604/Ruby-On-Rails-5.0.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- WEBhttps://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2020-8163.yml
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/hWuKcHyoKh0
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/hWuKcHyoKh0
- WEBhttps://hackerone.com/reports/304805
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00013.html