// For flags

CVE-2023-22792

rubygem-actionpack: Denial of Service in Action Dispatch

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch <6.0.6.1,< 6.1.7.1, and <7.0.4.1. 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.

A flaw was found in the rubygem-actionpack. RubyGem's actionpack gem is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in the Action Dispatch module. By sending specially-crafted cookies with an X_FORWARDED_HOST header, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to use large amounts of CPU and memory, resulting in a denial of service.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2023-01-06 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-02-09 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-16 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CAPEC
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"
 >= 3.0.0 < 6.0.6.1
Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version " >= 3.0.0 < 6.0.6.1"
-
Affected
Rubyonrails
Search vendor "Rubyonrails"
 Rails
Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"
 >= 6.1.0 < 6.1.7.1
Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version " >= 6.1.0 < 6.1.7.1"
-
Affected
Rubyonrails
Search vendor "Rubyonrails"
 Rails
Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails"
 >= 7.0.0 < 7.0.4.1
Search vendor "Rubyonrails" for product "Rails" and version " >= 7.0.0 < 7.0.4.1"
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Affected