CVE-2016-2098
Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
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- redhat
Description
Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2, 4.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby code by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 40086 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | 3.0 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 81.4% · top 0.4% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsactionpackGHSA-78rc-8c29-p45g (opens in a new tab)
References (12)
- SUSE-SU-2016:0867 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0967 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3509 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 83725 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1035122 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 40086 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0854 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0790 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1146 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0835 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [ruby-security-ann] 20160229 [CVE-2016-2098] Possible remote code execution vulnerability in Action Pack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-78rc-8c29-p45g (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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