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| Vulnerability ID | VCID-ynqu-cjn9-fqf2 |
| Aliases |
GHSA-vwfg-qj3r-6v3r
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| Summary | Moderate severity vulnerability that affects actionpack Withdrawn, accidental duplicate publish. The http_basic_authenticate_with method in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb in the Basic Authentication implementation in Action Controller in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not use a constant-time algorithm for verifying credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass authentication by measuring timing differences. |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted Severity | 6.2 |
| Risk | 3.1 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| There are no known CWE. |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| cvssv3.1_qr | MODERATE | https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vwfg-qj3r-6v3r |
| generic_textual | MODERATE | https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vwfg-qj3r-6v3r |
| generic_textual | MODERATE | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7576 |
| Reference id | Reference type | URL |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vwfg-qj3r-6v3r | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7576 |
No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.
| Date | Actor | Action | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01T13:03:44.286459+00:00 | GithubOSV Importer | Import | https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/09/GHSA-vwfg-qj3r-6v3r/GHSA-vwfg-qj3r-6v3r.json | 38.0.0 |