The decode_credentials method in actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/http_authentication.rb in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.0.16, 3.1.x bef

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• rubyonrails rails3.0.0
• rubyonrails rails3.0.1
• rubyonrails rails3.0.10
• rubyonrails rails3.0.11
• rubyonrails rails3.0.12
• rubyonrails rails3.0.13
• rubyonrails rails3.0.14
• rubyonrails rails3.0.2
• rubyonrails rails3.0.3
• rubyonrails rails3.0.4
• rubyonrails rails3.0.5
• rubyonrails rails3.0.6
• rubyonrails rails3.0.7
• rubyonrails rails3.0.8
• rubyonrails rails3.0.9
• rubyonrails rails3.1.0
• rubyonrails rails3.1.1
• rubyonrails rails3.1.2
• rubyonrails rails3.1.3
• rubyonrails rails3.1.4

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

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FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);2
3// Route added later skips the middleware4app.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

1const admin = express.Router();2admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));3
4admin.post("/config", updateConfig);5app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.