CVE-2026-33168
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
2.5
Description
Rails has a possible XSS vulnerability in its Action View tag helpers
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-33168
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33168.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2:7.2.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2:7.2.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | actionview | <~> 7.2.3, >= 7.2.3.1 | ~> 7.2.3, >= 7.2.3.1 |
| RubyGems | actionview | >=8.1.0.beta1,<8.1.2.1 | 8.1.2.1 |
| RubyGems | actionview | >=8.0.0.beta1,<8.0.4.1 | 8.0.4.1 |
| RubyGems | actionview | <7.2.3.1 | 7.2.3.1 |
| RUBYGEMS | actionview | < 7.2.3.1 | 7.2.3.1 |
| RUBYGEMS | actionview | >= 8.0.0.beta1, < 8.0.4.1 | 8.0.4.1 |
| RUBYGEMS | actionview | >= 8.1.0.beta1, < 8.1.2.1 | 8.1.2.1 |
References
- https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-v55j-83pf-r9cq
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33168.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33168
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/0b6f8002b52b9c606fd6be9e7915d9f944cf539c
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/63f5ad83edaa0b976f82d46988d745426aa4a42d
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c79a07df1e88738df8f68cb0ee759ad6128ca924
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v7.2.3.1
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.0.4.1
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.1.2.1
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2026-33168.yml
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-33168
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v55j-83pf-r9cq
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.