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CVE-2024-47887: Action Controller has possible ReDoS vulnerability in HTTP Token authentication

MediumCVSS 6.6 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 64.4% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: rails (Debian:11) 2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u3; rails (Debian:12) 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u1; rails (Debian:13) 2:7.2.2.1+dfsg-1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to rails (Debian:11) 2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u3; rails (Debian:12) 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u1; rails (Debian:13) 2:7.2.2.1+dfsg-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests. Starting in version 4.0.0 and prior to versions 6.1.7.9, 7.0.8.5, 7.1.4.1, and 7.2.1.1, there is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in Action Controller's HTTP Token authentication. For applications using HTTP Token authentication via `authenticate_or_request_with_http_token` or similar, a carefully crafted header may cause header parsing to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability. All users running an affected release should either upgrade to versions 6.1.7.9, 7.0.8.5, 7.1.4.1, or 7.2.1.1 or apply the relevant patch immediately. One may choose to use Ruby 3.2 as a workaround.Ruby 3.2 has mitigations for this problem, so Rails applications using Ruby 3.2 or newer are unaffected. Rails 8.0.0.beta1 depends on Ruby 3.2 or greater so is unaffected.

Published
Oct 16, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
1.0% · 64th percentile

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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.6 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.0%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GitHub_M
6.6
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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VendorProduct
rubyonrailsrails

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • rails rails

    • >= 4.0.0, < 6.1.7.9, >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.8.5, >= 7.1.0, < 7.1.4.1, >= 7.2.0, < 7.2.1.1affected

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:11railsbefore 2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u32:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u3
Debian:12railsbefore 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u12:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u1
Debian:13railsbefore 2:7.2.2.1+dfsg-12:7.2.2.1+dfsg-1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedrubygem-actionpack-7.0before 7.0.8.6-1.37.0.8.6-1.3
openSUSE:Tumbleweedrubygem-actionpack-7.0before 7.0.8.6-1.17.0.8.6-1.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedrubygem-rails-7.0before 7.0.8.6-1.37.0.8.6-1.3
openSUSE:Tumbleweedrubygem-rails-7.0before 7.0.8.6-1.17.0.8.6-1.1
RubyGemsactionpackfrom 4.0.0 · before 6.1.7.96.1.7.9
RubyGemsactionpackfrom 7.0.0 · before 7.0.8.57.0.8.5
RubyGemsactionpackfrom 7.1.0 · before 7.1.4.17.1.4.1
RubyGemsactionpackfrom 7.2.0 · before 7.2.1.17.2.1.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3rubygem-actionpack-5_1before 5.1.4-150000.3.32.15.1.4-150000.3.32.1

Same product

rails: all records

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-41128Oct 16, 2024 · Action Dispatch has possible ReDoS vulnerability in query parameter filtering
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  • Later →CVE-2024-47888Oct 16, 2024 · Action Text has possible ReDoS vulnerability in plain_text_for_blockquote_node
    26Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-47889Oct 16, 2024 · Action Mailer has possible ReDoS vulnerability in block_format
    26Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:rails2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:rubygem-actionpack-7.07.0.8.6-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
opensuse:rubygem-rails-7.07.0.8.6-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
RubyGems:actionpack6.1.7.9Package registry (OSV)
RubyGems:actionpack7.0.8.5Package registry (OSV)
RubyGems:actionpack7.1.4.1Package registry (OSV)
RubyGems:actionpack7.2.1.1Package registry (OSV)
suse:rubygem-actionpack-5_15.1.4-150000.3.32.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-478880 days apartAction Text has possible ReDoS vulnerability in plain_text_for_blockquote_node
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2024-478890 days apartAction Mailer has possible ReDoS vulnerability in block_format
    26Monitor

Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · researcher credit.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-1333 · Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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

ATT&CK techniques

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References

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