CVE-2021-22942

medium
Published 2021-08-19 · Modified 2024-02-21
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

A possible open redirect vulnerability in the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack >= 6.0.0 that could allow attackers to redirect users to a malicious website.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-22942

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed14.5.0-1
debian debianbookwormfixed2:6.1.4.1+dfsg-3
debian debianbullseyefixed2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u1
debian debianforkyfixed2:6.1.4.1+dfsg-3
debian debiansidfixed2:6.1.4.1+dfsg-3
debian debiantrixiefixed2:6.1.4.1+dfsg-3

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsactionpack!< 6.0.0||<~> 6.0.4, >= 6.0.4.1~> 6.0.4, >= 6.0.4.1
ruby RubyGemsactionpack>=6.0.0,<6.0.4.16.0.4.1
ruby RubyGemsactionpack>=6.1.0,<6.1.4.16.1.4.1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.