SCA: security update for actionpack (GHSA-q34c-48gc-m9g8)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422277

Description

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

- actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.0.14, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and
3.2.x before 3.2.6 does not properly consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record
component and the Rack interface, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended database-query
restrictions and perform NULL checks via a crafted request, as demonstrated by certain "['xyz', nil]"
values, a related issue to CVE-2012-2660. (CVE-2012-2694)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q34c-48gc-m9g8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422277

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2694

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2694

BID: 53976