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SCA: security update for actionpack (GHSA-qphc-hf5q-v8fc)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418240

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A open redirect vulnerability exists in Action Pack >= 6.0.0 that could allow an attacker to craft a
 "X-Forwarded-Host" headers in combination with certain "allowed host" formats can cause the Host
 Authorization middleware in Action Pack to redirect users to a malicious website. (CVE-2021-44528)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qphc-hf5q-v8fc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 418240

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44528

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44528

cwe: CWE-601