Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability (CVE-2014-0130)
Severity: high · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-03-25 · CVE-2014-0130
Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/abstractcontroller/base.rb in the implicit-render implementation in Ruby on Rails allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted request. CISA added CVE-2014-0130 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Mar 25, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Apr 15, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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