XSS in Rails Activesupport

CVE-2026-33170

Active Support is a toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, `SafeBuffer#%` does not propagate the `@html_unsafe` flag to the newly created b…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (25.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-33170?
CVE-2026-33170 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rails Activesupport, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-33170?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.