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CVE-2014-7818 Moderate

CVE-2014-7818

Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.20, 4.0.x before 4.0.11, 4.1.x before 4.1.7, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.beta3, when serve_static_assets is enabled, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the application root via a /..%2F sequence.

Exploit probability 3.5%
Published November 8, 2014
Required by Not available
Last source change April 10, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

RubyGems actionpack

139 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2014-7818

Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.20, 4.0.x before 4.0.11, 4.1.x before 4.1.7, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.beta3, when serve_static_assets is enabled, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the application root via a /..%2F sequence.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-29gr-w57f-rpfw

Directory traversal vulnerability in `actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb` in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.20, 4.0.x before 4.0.11, 4.1.x before 4.1.7, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.beta3, when `serve_static_assets` is enabled, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the application root via a `/..%2F` sequence.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence