SCA: security update for activerecord (GHSA-3crr-9vmg-864v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422385

Description

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

- The Active Record component in Ruby on Rails 2.3.x before 2.3.18, 3.1.x before 3.1.12, and 3.2.x before
3.2.13 processes certain queries by converting hash keys to symbols, which allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service via crafted input to a where method. (CVE-2013-1854)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3crr-9vmg-864v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422385

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1854

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1854

BID: 58549

cwe: CWE-20