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SCA: security update for activerecord (GHSA-gh2w-j7cx-2664)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 421854

Description

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

 - SQL injection vulnerability in the Active Record component in Ruby on Rails before 3.0.18, 3.1.x before
 3.1.9, and 3.2.x before 3.2.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a crafted
 request that leverages incorrect behavior of dynamic finders in applications that can use unexpected data
 types in certain find_by_ method calls. (CVE-2012-6496)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gh2w-j7cx-2664

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 421854

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/6/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-6496

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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: 12/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6496

BID: 57084

cwe: CWE-89