Resource exhaustion in Rubyonrails Rails

CVE-2021-22880

The PostgreSQL adapter in Active Record before 6.1.2.1, 6.0.3.5, 5.2.4.5 suffers from a regular expression denial of service (REDoS) vulnerability. Carefully crafted input can cause the input validation in the `money` type of the PostgreSQ…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.044 (90.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2021-22880?
CVE-2021-22880 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rubyonrails Rails, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-22880?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-22880 known to be exploited?
5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.