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TI-2024-00216 Aliases CVE-2024-0241GHSA-3px7-jm2p-6h2c

encoded_id-rails Denial of Service Vulnerability

Priority HIGH 72CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

encoded_id-rails versions before 1.0.0.beta2 are affected by an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker might cause a denial of service condition by sending an HTTP request with an extremely long "id" parameter.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01112 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed encoded_id-rails: 1.0.0.beta2encoded_id-rails (RubyGems): 1.0.0.beta2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—encoded_id-railsbefore 1.0.0.beta21.0.0.beta2Patch availableCNA
—encoded_id-rails (RubyGems)before 1.0.0.beta21.0.0.beta2Patch availableGHSA-3px7-jm2p-6h2c
  • encoded_id-rails Vendor— Affected before 1.0.0.beta2 Fixed in 1.0.0.beta2 Patch available CNA
  • encoded_id-rails (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected before 1.0.0.beta2 Fixed in 1.0.0.beta2 Patch available GHSA-3px7-jm2p-6h2c

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:diaconou:encodedid\:\:rails:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* railsVulnerableDiaconou
cpe:2.3:a:diaconou:encodedid\:\:rails:1.0.0:-:*:*:*:ruby:*:* railsVulnerableDiaconou
cpe:2.3:a:diaconou:encodedid\:\:rails:1.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:ruby:*:* railsVulnerableDiaconou
  • cpe:2.3:a:diaconou:encodedid\:\:rails:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* Versions rails Vulnerable ·Diaconou
  • cpe:2.3:a:diaconou:encodedid\:\:rails:1.0.0:-:*:*:*:ruby:*:* Versions rails Vulnerable ·Diaconou
  • cpe:2.3:a:diaconou:encodedid\:\:rails:1.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:ruby:*:* Versions rails Vulnerable ·Diaconou

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA encoded_id-rails Fixed in 1.0.0.beta2
  • Fix · GHSA-3px7-jm2p-6h2c encoded_id-rails (RubyGems) Fixed in 1.0.0.beta2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-0241
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3px7-jm2p-6h2c

References

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