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SCA: security update for actionpack (GHSA-hgpp-pp89-4fgf)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422401

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 3.0.13, 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and
 3.2.x before 3.2.4 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 "[nil]" values, a
 related issue to CVE-2012-2694. (CVE-2012-2660)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hgpp-pp89-4fgf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422401

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2660

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: 5/31/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2660

BID: 53754

cwe: CWE-284