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CVE-2018-16476

N/A
Published: November 30, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsRailsCloudForms

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

A Broken Access Control vulnerability in Active Job versions >= 4.2.0 allows an attacker to craft user input which can cause Active Job to deserialize it using GlobalId and give them access to information that they should not have. This vulnerability has been fixed in versions 4.2.11, 5.0.7.1, 5.1.6.1, and 5.2.1.1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

CloudForms· Red Hat
95%
4.6
Rails· Rubyonrails
95%
v < 4.2.11v < 5.0.7.1v < 5.1.6.1v < 5.2.1.14.2.0 ≤ v < 4.2.115.0.0 ≤ v < 5.0.7.15.1.0 ≤ v < 5.1.6.15.2.0 ≤ v < 5.2.1.1
Affected range stops below 4.2.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.0.7.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.1.6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.2.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (3)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0600
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-security/FL4dSdzr2zw/zjKVhF4qBAAJ
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2018/11/27/Rails-4-2-5-0-5-1-5-2-have-been-released/

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284CWE-502

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