Possible Sensitive Session Information Leak in Active Storage
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
Rails is a web-application framework. Starting with version 5.2.0, there is a possible sensitive session information leak in Active Storage. By default, Active Storage sends a Set-Cookie header along with the user's session cookie when serving blobs. It also sets Cache-Control to public. Certain proxies may cache the Set-Cookie, leading to an information leak. The vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.8.1 and 6.1.7.7.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rails | rails | 5.2.0 to before 6.1.7.7; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.8.1 | 6.1.7.7, 7.0.8.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | activestorage (RubyGems) | 5.2.0 to before 6.1.7.7 | 6.1.7.7 | Patch available | GHSA-8h22-8cf7-hq6g |
| — | activestorage (RubyGems) | 7.0.0 to before 7.0.8.1 | 7.0.8.1 | Patch available | GHSA-8h22-8cf7-hq6g |
- rails VendorRails Affected 5.2.0 to before 6.1.7.7; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.8.1 Fixed in 6.1.7.7, 7.0.8.1 Patch available CNA
- activestorage (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 5.2.0 to before 6.1.7.7 Fixed in 6.1.7.7 Patch available GHSA-8h22-8cf7-hq6g
- activestorage (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.0.8.1 Fixed in 7.0.8.1 Patch available GHSA-8h22-8cf7-hq6g
Remediation
- Fix · CNA rails (rails) Fixed in 6.1.7.7, 7.0.8.1
- Fix · GHSA-8h22-8cf7-hq6g activestorage (RubyGems) Fixed in 6.1.7.7 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-8h22-8cf7-hq6g activestorage (RubyGems) Fixed in 7.0.8.1 Advisory →
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2024:10806 Released 2024-12-04 · Red Hat rating ModerateSatellite 6.15.5 Async Update
- Red Hat Satellite 6.15 for RHEL 8 python-pulp-container-2.16.9-2.el8pc, python3.11-pulp-container-2.16.9-2.el8pc, rubygem-activestorage-6.1.7.7-1.el8sat +1
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 6.15 for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2024:10806 |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Satellite 6.15 for RHEL 8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-26144
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8h22-8cf7-hq6g
References
Patch 2
Advisory 5
- https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-8h22-8cf7-hq6g
- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/possible-sensitive-session-information-leak-in-active-storage/84945
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activestorage/CVE-2024-26144.yml
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240510-0013/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26144
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Sources
- CVE-2024-26144 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-26144 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8h22-8cf7-hq6g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-26144 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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