CVSS 4.0
5.3 mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NCVE-2026-33173
Medium (5.3) in rubyonrails rails. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in activestorage 7.2.3.1, 8.0.4.1, 8.1.2.1.
Active Storage allows users to attach cloud and local files in Rails applications. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, `DirectUploadsController` accepts arbitrary metadata from the client and persists it on the blob. Because internal flags like `identified` and `analyzed` are stored in the same metadata hash, a direct-upload client can set these flags to skip MIME detection and analysis. This allows an attacker to upload arbitrary content while claiming a safe `content_type`, bypassing any validations that rely on Active Storage's automatic content type identification. Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
5.3 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-925
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- rubyonrails:rails
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-qcfx-2mfw-w4cg | RubyGems | activestorage | >=8.1.0.beta1 <8.1.2.1 | 8.1.2.1 |
| GHSA-qcfx-2mfw-w4cg | RubyGems | activestorage | >=8.0.0.beta1 <8.0.4.1 | 8.0.4.1 |
| GHSA-qcfx-2mfw-w4cg | RubyGems | activestorage | <7.2.3.1 | 7.2.3.1 |
References
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/707c0f1f41f067fdf96d54e99d43b28dfaae7e53
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/8fcb934caadc79c8cc4ce53287046d0f67005b3e
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/d9502f5214e2198245a4c1defe9cd02a7c8057d0
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v7.2.3.1
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.0.4.1