CVE-2023-22796: ReDoS based DoS vulnerability in Active Support's underscore

CVE-2023-22796 · Severity: info · Published 2023-01-18

ReDoS based DoS vulnerability in Active Support's underscore

Technologies: activesupport (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2023-22796 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2023-22796 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2023-22796?
Informational severity, published 18 January 2023.
Which products and versions are affected?
activesupport (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=6.1.7.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2023-22796?
Yes. activesupport (RubyGems): upgrade to 6.1.7.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2023-22796?
Check whether you run activesupport (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

  • activesupport (RubyGems): upgrade to 6.1.7.1 or later
    bundle update activesupport

Affected products

  • activesupport (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=6.1.7.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2023-22796
  • GHSA-j6gc-792m-qgm2

This page as Markdown. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link back.