CVE-2020-8159
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 12, 2020 at 01:01 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxActionpack Page Caching
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
There is a vulnerability in actionpack_page-caching gem < v1.2.1 that allows an attacker to write arbitrary files to a web server, potentially resulting in remote code execution if the attacker can write unescaped ERB to a view.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
v < 1.2.11.2.1
Affected range stops below 1.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/CFRVkEytdP8Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00019.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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