CVE-2026-122006 (GCVE-0-2026-122006)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-11-04 14:12 – Updated: 2026-11-05 16:41
VLAI
Summary
The activestorage gem before 8.1.4.1 for Ruby on Rails, when ImageMagick attachment processing occurs, can allow server read and write operations (e.g., reading secret_key_base) because the ImageMagick analyzer runs when a file is attached, and there is not an ImageMagick security policy to block unintended functionality.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-1188 - Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2263 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
rubyonrails Active Storage Affected: 0 , < 8.0.5.2 (custom)
Affected: 8.1 , < 8.1.4.1 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:active_storage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:active_storage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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