CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedActive Storage in Action Pack versions prior to 7.2.3.2, 8.0.5.1, and 8.1.3.1 is vulnerable due to the failure to disable unsafe libvips operations for untrusted content, allowing crafted image uploads to exploit this weakness. This could enable unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive files, including environment variables and application secrets, potentially leading to remote code execution or lateral movement within the affected application. Organizations using these versions and accepting image uploads from untrusted users should prioritize applying the security updates to mitigate these risks.
Public Exploit Signal
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Original NVD Description
Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests. In versions prior to 7.2.3.2, 8.0.5.1 and 8.1.3.1, Active Storage does not disable libvips operations marked unsafe for untrusted content, allowing a crafted upload to invoke such an operation. Consuming applications are affected when configured to use libvips and accept image uploads from untrusted users. An unauthenticated attacker may exploit this behavior to read arbitrary files accessible to the Rails process, including environment variables and application secrets. Exposure of credentials such as secret_key_base or external-service tokens may enable remote code execution or lateral movement. This issue has been fixed in versions 7.2.3.2, 8.0.5.1 and 8.1.3.1.