FKIE_CVE-2023-28120

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-01-09 01:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:46
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
There is a vulnerability in ActiveSupport if the new bytesplice method is called on a SafeBuffer with untrusted user input.
References
support@hackerone.comhttps://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-28120-possible-xss-security-vulnerability-in-safebuffer-bytesplice/82469
support@hackerone.comhttps://github.com/rails/rails/commit/3cf23c3f891e2e81c977ea4ab83b62bc2a444b70
support@hackerone.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UPV6PVCX4VDJHLFFT42EXBBSGAWZICOW/
support@hackerone.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZE5W4MH6IE4DV7GELDK6ISCSTFLHKSYO/
support@hackerone.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240202-0006/
support@hackerone.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5389
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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