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CVE-2012-2671
The Rack::Cache rubygem 0.3.0 through 1.1 caches Set-Cookie and other sensitive headers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive cookie…
High7.5EPSS 2.3%
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- redhat
Description
The Rack::Cache rubygem 0.3.0 through 1.1 caches Set-Cookie and other sensitive headers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive cookie information, hijack web sessions, or have other unspecified impact by accessing the cache.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 34 days later
· 34 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 16% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsrack-cacheGHSA-hrp6-w4v2-8737 (opens in a new tab)
References (8)
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=763650 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/rtomayko/rack-cache/commit/2e3a64d07daac4c757cc57620f2288e865a09b90 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/rtomayko/rack-cache/blob/master/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-8439 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/rtomayko/rack-cache/pull/52 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120606 Re: CVE request: rack-cache caches sensitive headers (Set-Cookie) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120606 CVE request: rack-cache caches sensitive headers (Set-Cookie) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824520 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-hrp6-w4v2-8737 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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