CVE-2019-5418
unknown
KEV
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
2.5
Description
Rails Ruby on Rails contains a path traversal vulnerability in Action View. Specially crafted accept headers in combination with calls to `render file:` can cause arbitrary files on the target server to be rendered, disclosing the file contents.
CISA KEV
- Vendor
- Rails
- Product
- Ruby on Rails
- Due date
- 2025-07-28
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: cisa-kev — https://web.archive.org/web/20190313201629/https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5418
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-5418
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5418.html
Exploits
Exploit-DB
- EDB-46585 · webapps · multiple
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | actionview | <~> 4.2.11, >= 4.2.11.1 | ~> 4.2.11, >= 4.2.11.1 |
| RubyGems | actionview | >=5.2.0,<5.2.2.1 | 5.2.2.1 |
| RubyGems | actionview | >=4.0.0,<4.2.11.1 | 4.2.11.1 |
| RubyGems | actionview | >=5.1.0,<5.1.6.2 | 5.1.6.2 |
| RubyGems | actionview | >=5.0.0,<5.0.7.2 | 5.0.7.2 |
References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/pFRKI96Sm8Q
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5418.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5418
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0796
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1147
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1149
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1289
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/zRNVOUhKHrg
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/pFRKI96Sm8Q
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00042.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190313201629/https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released
- https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-5418
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46585
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00011.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152178/Rails-5.2.1-Arbitrary-File-Content-Disclosure.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/22/1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-5418
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190313201629/https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5418
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.