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CVE-2016-0752

Published: Feb 16, 2016Updated: Apr 22, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-22
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
95.5%
Top 0.1%
CISA KEV
Active Exploitation
Since Mar 25, 2022
Exploits
4 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method and providing a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

railsrubyonrailsOSS Libraries
leapopensuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
opensuseopensuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux enterprise module for containerssuse
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
rubyonrailsoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka rails, ruby on rails, rubyonrails.org
opensuseoss-projectDEOperating Systemsaka opensuse
susecommercialDEOperating Systems
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
and 5 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added to KEV:Mar 25, 2022
Remediation due:Apr 15, 2022

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

4 exploit sources identified

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Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178044.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178069.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
lists.opensuse.org
and 21 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Feb 16, 2016
Added to CISA KEV
Mar 25, 2022
Last Updated
Apr 22, 2026

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