{"cve":"CVE-2016-2097","nvd":{"published":"2016-04-07T23:59:05.800","modified":"2026-06-17T00:43:25.620","status":"Modified","description":"Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.2 and 4.x before 4.1.14.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method and providing a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0752.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","score":5.3},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html","http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released/","http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3509"],"products":["rubyonrails:rails","rubyonrails:ruby_on_rails"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:48.328043465+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-2097","score":0.04423,"percentile":0.91361,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-vx9j-46rh-fqr8","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-vx9j-46rh-fqr8","summary":"actionview contains Path Traversal vulnerability","modified":"2024-02-22T05:33:40.329523Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"actionview","purl":"pkg:gem/actionview","ranges":[">=3.0.0 <3.2.22.2"],"fixed":["3.2.22.2"]},{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"actionview","purl":"pkg:gem/actionview","ranges":[">=4.0.0 <4.1.14.2"],"fixed":["4.1.14.2"]},{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"actionpack","purl":"pkg:gem/actionpack","ranges":[">=3.0.0 <3.2.22.2"],"fixed":["3.2.22.2"]},{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"actionpack","purl":"pkg:gem/actionpack","ranges":[">=4.0.0 <4.1.14.2"],"fixed":["4.1.14.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}