CVE-2018-16476: A Broken Access Control vulnerability in Active Job versions >= 4.2.0 allows an attacker to craft user input which can cause Active Job to deserialize it using…

PriorityP344high7.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN

EPSS

2.56%

83.4th percentile

A Broken Access Control vulnerability in Active Job versions >= 4.2.0 allows an attacker to craft user input which can cause Active Job to deserialize it using GlobalId and give them access to information that they should not have. This vulnerability has been fixed in versions 4.2.11, 5.0.7.1, 5.1.6.1, and 5.2.1.1.

Affected

14 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	rails	< rails 2:5.2.2+dfsg-1 (bookworm)	rails 2:5.2.2+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
https	github.com_rails_rails	—	—
https	github.com_rails_rails	—	—
https	github.com_rails_rails	—	—
https	github.com_rails_rails	—	—
redhat	cloudforms	—	—
rubyonrails	rails	>= 0 < 2:5.2.2+dfsg-1	2:5.2.2+dfsg-1
rubyonrails	rails	>= 0 < 2:5.2.2+dfsg-1	2:5.2.2+dfsg-1
rubyonrails	rails	>= 0 < 2:5.2.2+dfsg-1	2:5.2.2+dfsg-1
rubyonrails	rails	>= 0 < 2:5.2.2+dfsg-1	2:5.2.2+dfsg-1
rubyonrails	rails	>= 4.2.0 < 4.2.11	4.2.11
rubyonrails	rails	>= 5.0.0 < 5.0.7.1	5.0.7.1
rubyonrails	rails	>= 5.1.0 < 5.1.6.1	5.1.6.1
rubyonrails	rails	>= 5.2.0 < 5.2.1.1	5.2.1.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv7.5HIGH

vendor_debian7.5HIGH

vendor_redhat7.5HIGH

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