CVE-2024-26142: Rails has possible ReDoS vulnerability in Accept header parsing in Action Dispatch

CVE-2024-26142 · Severity: info · Published 2024-02-27

Rails has possible ReDoS vulnerability in Accept header parsing in Action Dispatch

Technologies: actionpack (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2024-26142 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-26142 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2024-26142?
Informational severity, published 27 February 2024.
Which products and versions are affected?
actionpack (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.1.0,fixed=7.1.3.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2024-26142?
Yes. actionpack (RubyGems): upgrade to 7.1.3.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2024-26142?
Check whether you run actionpack (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

  • actionpack (RubyGems): upgrade to 7.1.3.1 or later
    bundle update actionpack

Affected products

  • actionpack (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.1.0,fixed=7.1.3.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2024-26142
  • GHSA-jjhx-jhvp-74wq

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