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TI-2016-00673 Aliases CVE-2016-0753GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch

Active Model in Ruby on Rails 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before…

Priority LOW 34CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

Active Model in Ruby on Rails 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 supports the use of instance-level writers for class accessors, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended validation steps via crafted parameters.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07157 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed activemodel (RubyGems): 4.1.14.1, 4.2.5.1Red Hat: 1 advisory

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
—activemodel (RubyGems)4.1.0 to before 4.1.14.14.1.14.1Patch availableGHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch
—activemodel (RubyGems)4.2.0 to before 4.2.5.14.2.5.1Patch availableGHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • activemodel (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 4.1.0 to before 4.1.14.1 Fixed in 4.1.14.1 Patch available GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch
  • activemodel (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 4.2.0 to before 4.2.5.1 Fixed in 4.2.5.1 Patch available GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.0 to before 4.1.14.1; 4.2.0 to before 4.2.5.1VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.0 beta1VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*22VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*23VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*42.1VulnerableopenSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.0 to before 4.1.14.1; 4.2.0 to before 4.2.5.1 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.0 beta1 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 22 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 23 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 42.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch activemodel (RubyGems) Fixed in 4.1.14.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch activemodel (RubyGems) Fixed in 4.2.5.1 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2016:0296 Released 2016-02-24 · Red Hat rating Important
    rh-ror41 security update
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-3.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-doc-1:4.1.5-3.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-4.el6 +6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-3.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-doc-1:4.1.5-3.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-4.el7 +6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-3.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-doc-1:4.1.5-3.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-4.el6 +6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-3.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-doc-1:4.1.5-3.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-4.el6 +6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-3.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-doc-1:4.1.5-3.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-4.el7 +6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-3.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-doc-1:4.1.5-3.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-4.el7 +6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-3.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-doc-1:4.1.5-3.el6, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-4.el6 +6
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-3.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-doc-1:4.1.5-3.el7, rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-4.1.5-4.el7 +6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2016:0296
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2016:0296
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6)Fixed RHSA-2016:0296
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7)Fixed RHSA-2016:0296
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1)Fixed RHSA-2016:0296
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2)Fixed RHSA-2016:0296
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2016:0296
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2016:0296
Not affected: 4 products
  • CloudForms Management Engine 5
  • OpenStack Foreman
  • Red Hat Software Collections
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-0753
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-543v-gj2c-r3ch

References

Advisory 11

Other 7

Sources

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