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Vulnerability details: VCID-sg9h-7dqr-xugu
Vulnerability ID VCID-sg9h-7dqr-xugu
Aliases CVE-2014-7818
GHSA-29gr-w57f-rpfw
Summary actionpack vulnerable to Path Traversal Directory traversal vulnerability in `actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb` in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.20, 4.0.x before 4.0.11, 4.1.x before 4.1.7, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.beta3, when `serve_static_assets` is enabled, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the application root via a `/..%2F` sequence.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html
epss 0.0022 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-7818
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-29gr-w57f-rpfw
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-29gr-w57f-rpfw
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2014-7818.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/dCp7duBiQgo/v_R_8PFs5IwJ
generic_textual MODERATE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/dCp7duBiQgo
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7818
generic_textual MODERATE https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7829
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00112.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-7818.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-7818
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7818
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-29gr-w57f-rpfw
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2014-7818.yml
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/dCp7duBiQgo/v_R_8PFs5IwJ
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/dCp7duBiQgo
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7818
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-7829
1161499 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161499
770934 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=770934
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.44666
EPSS Score 0.0022
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T08:57:18.929232+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2017/10/GHSA-29gr-w57f-rpfw/GHSA-29gr-w57f-rpfw.json 38.6.0