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CVE-2013-0277

ActiveRecord in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.17 and 3.x before 3.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized attributes that cause the +ser...

Published: Feb 13, 2013Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSANVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD MITRE
10.0CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
7.5%
Top 6.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Active Record contains deserialization of arbitrary YAML

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

activerecordRubyGemsOSS Libraries
n/an/a
railsrubyonrailsOSS Libraries
ruby on railsrubyonrailsOSS Libraries
rubygemspackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
rubyonrailsoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka rails, ruby on rails, rubyonrails.org

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0277
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/rails/rails/tree/v6.1.4.1/activerecord
github.com
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2013-0277.yml
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Feb 13, 2013
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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