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TI-2013-00211 Aliases CVE-2013-0277GHSA-fhj9-cjjh-27vm

ActiveRecord in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.17 and 3.x before 3.1.0 allows remote attackers…

Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-502Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

ActiveRecord in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.17 and 3.x before 3.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized attributes that cause the +serialize+ helper to deserialize arbitrary YAML.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07497 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial activerecord (RubyGems): 2.3.17, 3.1.0Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—activerecord (RubyGems)before 2.3.172.3.17Patch availableGHSA-fhj9-cjjh-27vm
—activerecord (RubyGems)3.0.0 to before 3.1.03.1.0Patch availableGHSA-fhj9-cjjh-27vm
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • activerecord (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 2.3.17 Fixed in 2.3.17 Patch available GHSA-fhj9-cjjh-27vm
  • activerecord (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 to before 3.1.0 Fixed in 3.1.0 Patch available GHSA-fhj9-cjjh-27vm

CPE configurations NVD · 59

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0 betaVulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0 beta2VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0 beta3VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0 beta4VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0 rcVulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.0 rc2VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.1VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.1:pre:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.1 preVulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.2VulnerableRails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 beta Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 beta2 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 beta3 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 beta4 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 rc Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 rc2 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.1 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.1:pre:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.1 pre Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.2 Vulnerable ·Rails
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cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.2:pre:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.2 preVulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.3VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.4 rc1VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.5VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.5 rc1VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.6VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.6 rc1VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.6 rc2VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.7VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.7 rc1VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.7 rc2VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.8VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.8 rc1VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.8 rc2VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.8 rc3VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.8 rc4VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.9VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.9 rc1VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.9 rc2VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.9 rc3VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.9 rc4VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.9 rc5VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.10VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.10 rc1VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.11VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.12VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.12 rc1VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.13VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.13 rc1VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.14VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.16VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.17VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.18VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.19VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.20VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.4VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.0VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.1VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.2VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.3VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.4VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.9VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.10VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.11VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.12VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.13VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.14VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.15VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.16VulnerableRails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.2:pre:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.2 pre Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.3 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.4 rc1 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.5 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.5 rc1 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.6 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.6 rc1 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.6 rc2 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.7 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.7 rc1 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.7 rc2 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.8 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.8 rc1 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.8 rc2 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.8 rc3 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.8 rc4 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.9 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.9 rc1 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.9 rc2 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.9 rc3 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.9 rc4 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.9 rc5 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.10 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.10 rc1 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.11 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.12 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.12 rc1 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.13 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.13 rc1 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.14 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.16 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.17 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.18 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.19 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:3.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.20 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.4 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.0 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.1 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.2 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.3 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.4 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.9 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.10 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.11 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.12 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.13 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.14 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.15 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.16 Vulnerable ·Rails

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-fhj9-cjjh-27vm activerecord (RubyGems) Fixed in 2.3.17 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fhj9-cjjh-27vm activerecord (RubyGems) Fixed in 3.1.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Critical. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
OpenShift Enterprise 1AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerAffectedNo fix yet
Not affected: 1 product
  • OpenShift Enterprise 1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-0277
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fhj9-cjjh-27vm

References

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Other 8

  • TI-2014-00124 Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/abstract_controller/base.rb in the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-03828 Path traversal in Rails https://github.com/rails/rails KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-00672 Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-03830 Command injection in Rails https://github.com/rails/rails CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-06581 Code injection in https://github.com/rails/rails CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-00091 active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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