Vulnerability · Published Jul 2, 2020 · Assigned by hackerone
CVE-2020-8185
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in https://github.com/rails/rails. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.2% (higher than 82% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.2%top 17.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Rails <6.0.3.2 that allowed an untrusted user to run any pending migrations on a Rails app running in production.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | actionpack | 6.0.3.2 | GHSA-c6qr-h5vq-59jc |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | rails | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8185 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | rails | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8185 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | rails | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8185 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | rails | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8185 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | https://github.com/rails/rails | Fixed in 6.0.3.2 |
Weakness: CWE-400
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/899069 x_refsource_MISC
- https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/pAe9EV8gbM0 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-4dd34860a3 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA