CVE-2018-16476 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2018-16476

A Broken Access Control vulnerability in Active Job versions >=...

Vulnerability Description

A Broken Access Control vulnerability in Active Job versions >= 4.2.0 allows an attacker to craft user input which can cause Active Job to deserialize it using GlobalId and give them access to information that they should not have. This vulnerability has been fixed in versions 4.2.11, 5.0.7.1, 5.1.6.1, and 5.2.1.1.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

https://github.com/rails/rails
Vulnerable Versions:
4.2.0 up to and before 4.2.11, 4.2.0 up to and before 5.0.7.1, 4.2.0 up to and before 5.1.6.1, 4.2.0 up to and before 5.2.1.1

Timeline

Official Publish: November 30th, 2018
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)