Package Instance

Actionpack Open Redirect Vulnerability
The Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack before 6.1.2.1, 6.0.3.5 suffers from an open redirect vulnerability. Specially crafted `Host` headers in combination with certain "allowed host" formats can cause the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack to redirect users to a malicious website.

Untrusted users can run pending migrations in production in Rails
There is a vulnerability in versions of Rails prior to 6.0.3.2 that allowed an untrusted user to run any pending migrations on a Rails app running in production.

This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2020-8185.

Versions Affected:  6.0.0 < rails < 6.0.3.2
Not affected:       Applications with `config.action_dispatch.show_exceptions = false` (this is not a default setting in production)
Fixed Versions:     rails >= 6.0.3.2

Impact
------

Using this issue, an attacker would be able to execute any migrations that are pending for a Rails app running in production mode. It is important to note that an attacker is limited to running migrations the application developer has already defined in their application and ones that have not already run.

Workarounds
-----------

Until such time as the patch can be applied, application developers should disable the ActionDispatch middleware in their production environment via a line such as this one in their config/environment/production.rb:

`config.middleware.delete ActionDispatch::ActionableExceptions`

Ability to forge per-form CSRF tokens in Rails
It is possible to, given a global CSRF token such as the one present in the authenticity_token meta tag, forge a per-form CSRF token for any action for that session.

Impact
------

Given the ability to extract the global CSRF token, an attacker would be able to construct a per-form CSRF token for that session.

Workarounds
-----------

This is a low-severity security issue. As such, no workaround is necessarily until such time as the application can be upgraded.

Possible Strong Parameters Bypass in ActionPack
There is a strong parameters bypass vector in ActionPack.

Versions Affected:  rails <= 6.0.3
Not affected:       rails < 5.0.0
Fixed Versions:     rails >= 5.2.4.3, rails >= 6.0.3.1

Impact
------
In some cases user supplied information can be inadvertently leaked from
Strong Parameters.  Specifically the return value of `each`, or `each_value`,
or `each_pair` will return the underlying "untrusted" hash of data that was
read from the parameters.  Applications that use this return value may be
inadvertently use untrusted user input.

Impacted code will look something like this:

```
def update
  # Attacker has included the parameter: `{ is_admin: true }`
  User.update(clean_up_params)
end

def clean_up_params
   params.each { |k, v|  SomeModel.check(v) if k == :name }
end
```

Note the mistaken use of `each` in the `clean_up_params` method in the above
example.

Workarounds
-----------
Do not use the return values of `each`, `each_value`, or `each_pair` in your
application.

ReDoS based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch
There is a possible regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2023-22792.

Versions Affected: >= 3.0.0 Not affected: < 3.0.0 Fixed Versions: 5.2.8.15 (Rails LTS), 6.1.7.1, 7.0.4.1
Impact

Specially crafted cookies, in combination with a specially crafted X_FORWARDED_HOST header can cause the regular expression engine to enter a state of catastrophic backtracking. This can cause the process to use large amounts of CPU and memory, leading to a possible DoS vulnerability All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.
Releases

The FIXED releases are available at the normal locations.
Workarounds

We recommend that all users upgrade to one of the FIXED versions. In the meantime, users can mitigate this vulnerability by using a load balancer or other device to filter out malicious X_FORWARDED_HOST headers before they reach the application.
Patches

To aid users who aren’t able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the two supported release series. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset.

    6-1-Use-string-split-instead-of-regex-for-domain-parts.patch - Patch for 6.1 series
    7-0-Use-string-split-instead-of-regex-for-domain-parts.patch - Patch for 7.0 series

Please note that only the 7.0.Z and 6.1.Z series are supported at present, and 6.0.Z for severe vulnerabilities. Users of earlier unsupported releases are advised to upgrade as soon as possible as we cannot guarantee the continued availability of security fixes for unsupported releases.

https://rubyonrails.org/2023/1/17/Rails-Versions-6-0-6-1-6-1-7-1-7-0-4-1-have-been-released

Possible ReDoS vulnerability in query parameter filtering in Action Dispatch
There is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in the query parameter filtering routines of Action Dispatch. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-41128.

Impact
------

Carefully crafted query parameters can cause query parameter filtering to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability. All users running an affected release should either upgrade or apply the relevant patch immediately.

Ruby 3.2 has mitigations for this problem, so Rails applications using Ruby 3.2 or newer are unaffected. Rails 8.0.0.beta1 depends on Ruby 3.2 or greater so is unaffected.


Releases
--------
The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.

Workarounds
-----------
Users on Ruby 3.2 are unaffected by this issue.


Credits
-------

Thanks to [scyoon](https://hackerone.com/scyoon) for the report and patches!

Possible ReDoS vulnerability in HTTP Token authentication in Action Controller
There is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in Action Controller's HTTP Token authentication. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-47887.

Impact
------

For applications using HTTP Token authentication via `authenticate_or_request_with_http_token` or similar, a carefully crafted header may cause header parsing to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability. All users running an affected release should either upgrade or apply the relevant patch immediately.

Ruby 3.2 has mitigations for this problem, so Rails applications using Ruby 3.2 or newer are unaffected. Rails 8.0.0.beta1 depends on Ruby 3.2 or greater so is unaffected.

Releases
--------
The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.

Workarounds
-----------
Users on Ruby 3.2 are unaffected by this issue.


Credits
-------
Thanks to [scyoon](https://hackerone.com/scyoon) for reporting

actionpack Open Redirect in Host Authorization Middleware
Specially crafted "X-Forwarded-Host" headers in combination with certain "allowed host" formats can cause the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack to redirect users to a malicious website.

Impacted applications will have allowed hosts with a leading dot. For example, configuration files that look like this:

```
config.hosts <<  '.EXAMPLE.com'
```

When an allowed host contains a leading dot, a specially crafted Host header can be used to redirect to a malicious website.

This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2021-22881 and CVE-2021-22942.

Releases
--------
The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.

Patches
-------
To aid users who aren't able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the two supported release series. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset.

* 6-0-host-authorzation-open-redirect.patch - Patch for 6.0 series
* 6-1-host-authorzation-open-redirect.patch - Patch for 6.1 series
* 7-0-host-authorzation-open-redirect.patch - Patch for 7.0 series

Please note that only the 6.1.Z, 6.0.Z, and 5.2.Z series are supported at present. Users of earlier unsupported releases are advised to upgrade as soon as possible as we cannot guarantee the continued availability of security fixes for unsupported releases.