CVE-2023-28362

MEDIUM
4
CVSS Score
Published: January 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:47 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAction Pack

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Severity
MEDIUM4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The redirect_to method in Rails allows provided values to contain characters which are not legal in an HTTP header value. This results in the potential for downstream services which enforce RFC compliance on HTTP response headers to remove the assigned Location header.

Affected

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

v < 6.1.7.4v < 7.0.5.1
Affected range stops below 6.1.7.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.0.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-116

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