Vulnerabilities / CVE-2020-8159

critical

CVE-2020-8159

There is a vulnerability in actionpack_page-caching gem < v1.2.1 that ...

Published Modified CWE 22
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA, Ruby Advisory DB.

Description

There is a vulnerability in actionpack_page-caching gem < v1.2.1 that allows an attacker to write arbitrary files to a web server, potentially resulting in remote code execution if the attacker can write unescaped ERB to a view.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
rubygems::GitHub Security Advisory RubyGemsactionpack-page_caching1.2.1
rubygems::Ruby Advisory Databaseactionpack-page_caching>= 1.2.1
debian 10ruby-actionpack-page-cachingno fix listed
debian 11ruby-actionpack-page-caching1.2.2-1
debian 12ruby-actionpack-page-caching1.2.2-1
debian 9ruby-actionpack-page-caching1.0.2-4+deb9u1
echoruby-actionpack-page-caching1.2.2-1

References

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