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TI-2024-18684 Aliases CVE-2024-28103GHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7

Action Pack is missing security headers on non-HTML responses

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests. Since 6.1.0, the application configurable Permissions-Policy is only served on responses with an HTML related Content-Type. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.1.7.8, 7.0.8.2, and 7.1.3.3.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00658 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial rails (rails): 6.1.7.8, 7.0.8.4, 7.1.3.4 +1actionpack (RubyGems): 6.1.7.8, 7.0.8.4, 7.1.3.4 +1Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
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
Railsrails6.1.0.0 to before 6.1.7.8; 7.0.0.0 to before 7.0.8.4; 7.1.0.0 to before 7.1.3.4; 7.2.0.beta1 to before 7.2.0.beta26.1.7.8, 7.0.8.4, 7.1.3.4, 7.2.0.beta2Patch availableCNA
—actionpack (RubyGems)6.1.0 to before 6.1.7.86.1.7.8Patch availableGHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7
—actionpack (RubyGems)7.0.0 to before 7.0.8.47.0.8.4Patch availableGHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7
—actionpack (RubyGems)7.1.0 to before 7.1.3.47.1.3.4Patch availableGHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7
—actionpack (RubyGems)7.2.0.beta1 to before 7.2.0.beta27.2.0.beta2Patch availableGHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7
  • rails VendorRails Affected 6.1.0.0 to before 6.1.7.8; 7.0.0.0 to before 7.0.8.4; 7.1.0.0 to before 7.1.3.4; 7.2.0.beta1 to before 7.2.0.beta2 Fixed in 6.1.7.8, 7.0.8.4, 7.1.3.4, 7.2.0.beta2 Patch available CNA
  • actionpack (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7.8 Fixed in 6.1.7.8 Patch available GHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7
  • actionpack (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.0.8.4 Fixed in 7.0.8.4 Patch available GHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7
  • actionpack (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 7.1.0 to before 7.1.3.4 Fixed in 7.1.3.4 Patch available GHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7
  • actionpack (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 7.2.0.beta1 to before 7.2.0.beta2 Fixed in 7.2.0.beta2 Patch available GHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.1.0 to before 6.1.7.8; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.8.4; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.3.4VulnerableRails
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:7.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*7.2.0 beta1VulnerableRails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.1.0 to before 6.1.7.8; 7.0.0 to before 7.0.8.4; 7.1.0 to before 7.1.3.4 Vulnerable ·Rails
  • cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:7.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2.0 beta1 Vulnerable ·Rails

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA rails (rails) Fixed in 6.1.7.8, 7.0.8.4, 7.1.3.4, 7.2.0.beta2
  • Fix · GHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7 actionpack (RubyGems) Fixed in 6.1.7.8 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7 actionpack (RubyGems) Fixed in 7.0.8.4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7 actionpack (RubyGems) Fixed in 7.1.3.4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7 actionpack (RubyGems) Fixed in 7.2.0.beta2 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Satellite 6AffectedNo fix yet
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-28103
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7
  3. 2026-10-11 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 3

  • 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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