CVE-2018-16476

activejob: Information Exposure through deserialization using GlobalId

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Una vulnerabilidad del Control de acceso roto en las versiones de Trabajo activo> = versión 4.2.0 permite a un atacante crear una entrada de usuario que puede hacer que el Trabajo activo lo deserialice con GlobalId y les dé acceso a la información que no deberían tener. Esta vulnerabilidad se ha corregido en las versiones 4.2.11, 5.0.7.1, 5.1.6.1 y 5.2.1.1.

A deserialization flaw, leading to an information exposure flaw, was found in the activejob component used by Red Hat CloudForms and Red Hat Satellite. An attacker can use this flaw to leak memory addresses belonging to the aforementioned applications.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-09-04 CVE Reserved
2018-11-30 CVE Published
2023-11-24 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-284: Improper Access Control
CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-security/FL4dSdzr2zw/zjKVhF4qBAAJ	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0600	2019-10-09
https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2018/11/27/Rails-4-2-5-0-5-1-5-2-have-been-released	2019-10-09
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16476	2019-03-19
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1659223	2019-03-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				>= 4.2.0 < 4.2.11 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version " >= 4.2.0 < 4.2.11"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				>= 5.0.0 < 5.0.7.1 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version " >= 5.0.0 < 5.0.7.1"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				>= 5.1.0 < 5.1.6.1 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version " >= 5.1.0 < 5.1.6.1"		-		Affected
Rubyonrails Search vendor "Rubyonrails"		Rails Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"				>= 5.2.0 < 5.2.1.1 Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version " >= 5.2.0 < 5.2.1.1"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Cloudforms Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Cloudforms"				4.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Cloudforms" and version "4.6"		-		Affected