Action Pack is missing security headers on non-HTML responses
Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests. Since 6.1.0, the application configurable Permissions-Policy is only served on responses with an HTML related Content-Type. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.1.7.8, 7.0.8.2, and 7.1.3.3.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
34 explicit affected versions
58 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests. Since 6.1.0, the application configurable Permissions-Policy is only served on responses with an HTML related Content-Type. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.1.7.8, 7.0.8.2, and 7.1.3.3.
# Permissions-Policy is Only Served on HTML Content-Type The application configurable Permissions-Policy is only served on responses with an HTML related Content-Type. This has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-28103. Versions Affected: >= 6.1.0 Not affected: < 6.1.0 Fixed Versions: 6.1.7.8, 7.0.8.4, and 7.1.3.4 Impact ------ Responses with a non-HTML Content-Type are not serving the configured Permissions-Policy. There are certain non-HTML Content-Types that would benefit from having the Permissions-Policy enforced. Releases -------- The fixed releases are available at the normal locations. Workarounds ----------- N/A Patches ------- To aid users who aren't able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the supported release series in accordance with our [maintenance policy](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/maintenance_policy.html#security-issues) regarding security issues. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset. * 6-1-include-permissions-policy-header-on-non-html.patch - Patch for 6.1 series * 7-0-include-permissions-policy-header-on-non-html.patch - Patch for 7.0 series * 7-1-include-permissions-policy-header-on-non-html.patch - Patch for 7.1 series Credits ------- Thank you [shinkbr](https://hackerone.com/shinkbr) for reporting this!
Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests. Since 6.1.0, the application configurable Permissions-Policy is only served on responses with an HTML related Content-Type. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.1.7.8, 7.0.8.2, and 7.1.3.3.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/35858f1d9d57f6c4050a8d9ab754bd5d088b4523
- https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28103
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241206-0002/
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2024-28103.yml
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241206-0002
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/28xxx/CVE-2024-28103.json