Resource exhaustion in Activerecord Project
CVE-2022-44566
A denial of service vulnerability present in ActiveRecord's PostgreSQL adapter <7.0.4.1 and <6.1.7.1. When a value outside the range for a 64bit signed integer is provided to the PostgreSQL connection adapter, it will treat the target column type as numeric. Comparing integer values against numeric values can result in a slow sequential scan resulting in potential Denial of Service.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (68.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Activerecord Project
- Https://github.com/rails/rails — versions 7.0.4.1, 6.1.7.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2022-44566-possible-denial-of-service-vulnerabili… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- code.jeremyevans.net/2022-11-01-forcing-sequential-scans-on-postgresql.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-44566?
- CVE-2022-44566 is a high-severity vulnerability in Activerecord Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-02-09.
- How severe is CVE-2022-44566?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.