CVE-2023-28120
There is a vulnerability in ActiveSupport if the new bytesplice method is called on a SafeBuffer with untrusted user input.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
2 explicit affected versions
422 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
There is a vulnerability in ActiveSupport if the new bytesplice method is called on a SafeBuffer with untrusted user input.
There is a vulnerability in ActiveSupport if the new bytesplice method is called on a SafeBuffer with untrusted user input. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2023-28120. Versions Affected: All. Not affected: None Fixed Versions: 7.0.4.3, 6.1.7.3 # Impact ActiveSupport uses the SafeBuffer string subclass to tag strings as html_safe after they have been sanitized. When these strings are mutated, the tag is should be removed to mark them as no longer being html_safe. Ruby 3.2 introduced a new bytesplice method which ActiveSupport did not yet understand to be a mutation. Users on older versions of Ruby are likely unaffected. All users running an affected release and using bytesplice should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately. # Workarounds Avoid calling bytesplice on a SafeBuffer (html_safe) string with untrusted user input.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-28120-possible-xss-security-vulnerability-in-safebuffer-bytesplice/82469
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/28xxx/CVE-2023-28120.json
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/3cf23c3f891e2e81c977ea4ab83b62bc2a444b70
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UPV6PVCX4VDJHLFFT42EXBBSGAWZICOW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZE5W4MH6IE4DV7GELDK6ISCSTFLHKSYO/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28120
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240202-0006/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5389
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activesupport/CVE-2023-28120.yml
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UPV6PVCX4VDJHLFFT42EXBBSGAWZICOW
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZE5W4MH6IE4DV7GELDK6ISCSTFLHKSYO
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240202-0006