CVE-2024-26142

HIGH EPSS 71.0%
Published Feb 27, 20242y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Feb 27, 2024 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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 Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
71.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-1333

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
rubyonrailsrails*≥7.1.0  –  <7.1.3.1
ruby-langruby* <3.2.0

References 5

  • discuss.rubyonrails.org https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/possible-redos-vulnerability-in-accept-header-parsing-in-action-dispatch/84946
    Vendor Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/b4d3bfb5ed8a5b5a90aad3a3b28860c7a931e272
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-jjhx-jhvp-74wq
    Vendor Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2024-26142.yml
    Third Party Advisory
  • security.netapp.com https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240503-0003/
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/b4d3bfb5ed8a5b5a90aad3a3b28860c7a931e272
    Patch