# CVE-2018-16477: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in activestorage

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2018-16477-exposure-of-sensitive-information-to-an-unauthorized-actor-in  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2018-12-05  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2018-16477 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2018-12-05

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in activestorage

Technologies: [activestorage (RubyGems)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/activestorage). Vendors: [RubyGems](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/rubygems).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2018-16477 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2018-16477 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2018-16477?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 5 December 2018.

**Which products and versions are affected?** activestorage (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.2.0,fixed=5.2.1.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2018-16477?** Yes. activestorage (RubyGems): upgrade to 5.2.1.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2018-16477?** Check whether you run activestorage (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- activestorage (RubyGems): upgrade to 5.2.1.1 or later

  ```sh
  bundle update activestorage
  ```


## Affected products

- activestorage (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=5.2.0,fixed=5.2.1.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2018-16477
- GHSA-7rr7-rcjw-56vj

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