RCE in Rubyonrails Active Storage

CVE-2022-21831

A code injection vulnerability exists in the Active Storage >= v5.2.0 that could allow an attacker to execute code via image_processing arguments.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.031 (87.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-21831: held from 0.030 to 0.031.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.031 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-21831?
CVE-2022-21831 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rubyonrails Active Storage, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-05-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-21831?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-21831 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.