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)
EPSS: 0.013 (66.7th 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
- Activerecord_project Activerecord
- N/a Https://github.com/rails/rails — versions 7.0.4.1, 6.1.7.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support@hackerone.com (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- support@hackerone.com (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.