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TI-2020-06585 Aliases CVE-2020-8167GHSA-xq5j-gw7f-jgj8

Cross-site request forgery in http://github.com/rails/rails

Priority LOW 32CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

A CSRF vulnerability exists in rails <= 6.0.3 rails-ujs module that could allow attackers to send CSRF tokens to wrong domains.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01485 74th percentileScored 2026-11-08
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial actionview (RubyGems): 5.2.4.3, 6.0.3.1Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—http://github.com/rails/railsFixed in 5.2.4.3, 6.0.3.1—No fix listedCNA
—actionview (RubyGems)5.0.0 to before 5.2.4.35.2.4.3Patch availableGHSA-xq5j-gw7f-jgj8
—actionview (RubyGems)6.0.0 to before 6.0.3.16.0.3.1Patch availableGHSA-xq5j-gw7f-jgj8
  • http://github.com/rails/rails Vendor— Affected Fixed in 5.2.4.3, 6.0.3.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • actionview (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 5.0.0 to before 5.2.4.3 Fixed in 5.2.4.3 Patch available GHSA-xq5j-gw7f-jgj8
  • actionview (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.0.3.1 Fixed in 6.0.3.1 Patch available GHSA-xq5j-gw7f-jgj8

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.2.4.3; 6.0.0 to before 6.0.3.1VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.2.4.3; 6.0.0 to before 6.0.3.1 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-xq5j-gw7f-jgj8 actionview (RubyGems) Fixed in 5.2.4.3 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-xq5j-gw7f-jgj8 actionview (RubyGems) Fixed in 6.0.3.1 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2021:1313 Released 2021-04-21 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Satellite 6.9 Release
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.9 ansible-collection-redhat-satellite-2.0.1-1.el7sat, ansible-runner-1.4.6-1.el7ar, ansiblerole-foreman_scap_client-0.1.0-1.el7sat +47
    • Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.9 ansible-collection-redhat-satellite-2.0.1-1.el7sat, ansible-runner-1.4.6-1.el7ar, ansiblerole-foreman_scap_client-0.1.0-1.el7sat +47

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
CloudForms Management Engine 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6.9Fixed RHSA-2021:1313
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.9Fixed RHSA-2021:1313
Not affected: 1 product
  • CloudForms Management Engine 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-8167
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xq5j-gw7f-jgj8

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 2

Sources

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