Resource exhaustion in Rubyonrails Rails

CVE-2020-8185

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Rails <6.0.3.2 that allowed an untrusted user to run any pending migrations on a Rails app running in production.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.022 (80.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8185?
CVE-2020-8185 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rubyonrails Rails, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2020-8185?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-8185 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.