CVE-2026-33202: Rails Active Storage has possible glob injection in its DiskService
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: 0.67% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 52% 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:12) 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u3; rails (Debian:13) 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2~deb13u2; rails (Debian:14) 2:7.2.3.1+dfsg-1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to rails (Debian:12) 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u3; rails (Debian:13) 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2~deb13u2; rails (Debian:14) 2:7.2.3.1+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
Active Storage allows users to attach cloud and local files in Rails applications. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, Active Storage's `DiskService#delete_prefixed` passes blob keys directly to `Dir.glob` without escaping glob metacharacters. If a blob key contains attacker-controlled input or custom-generated keys with glob metacharacters, it may be possible to delete unintended files from the storage directory. Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.
- Published
- Mar 23, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.6% · 52th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-74
Report tools
Action score
26
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.6 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.6%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- 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:H/VA:N/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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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| rubyonrails | rails | cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- rubyonrails railsbefore 7.2.3.1
- rubyonrails rails8.0.0 and later · before 8.0.4.1
- rubyonrails rails8.1.0 and later · before 8.1.2.1
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 activestorage
- >= 8.1.0.beta1, < 8.1.2.1, >= 8.0.0.beta1, < 8.0.4.1, < 7.2.3.1affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | rails | before 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u3 | 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u3 |
| Debian:13 | rails | before 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2~deb13u2 | 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2~deb13u2 |
| Debian:14 | rails | before 2:7.2.3.1+dfsg-1 | 2:7.2.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| RubyGems | activestorage | from 8.0.0.beta1 · before 8.0.4.1 | 8.0.4.1 |
| RubyGems | activestorage | from 8.1.0.beta1 · before 8.1.2.1 | 8.1.2.1 |
| RubyGems | activestorage | before 7.2.3.1 | 7.2.3.1 |
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-33176Mar 23, 2026 · Rails Active Support has a possible DoS vulnerability in its number helpers26Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-33195Mar 23, 2026 · Rails Active Storage has possible Path Traversal in DiskService32Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-33658Mar 26, 2026 · Rails Active Storage has a possible DoS vulnerability in proxy mode via multi-range requests9Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:rails | 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u3 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:rails | 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2~deb13u2 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:rails | 2:7.2.3.1+dfsg-1 · Debian:14 | Package registry (OSV) |
| RubyGems:activestorage | 7.2.3.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| RubyGems:activestorage | 8.0.4.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| RubyGems:activestorage | 8.1.2.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
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-74 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/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.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Server Side Include (SSI) InjectionCAPEC-101likelihood: High · High
- HTTP Request SplittingCAPEC-105likelihood: Medium · High
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Double EncodingCAPEC-120likelihood: Low · Medium
- Subverting Environment Variable ValuesCAPEC-13likelihood: High · Very High
- Format String InjectionCAPEC-135likelihood: High · High
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer OverflowCAPEC-14likelihood: Medium · High
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- github.com/rails/rails/commit/955284d26e469a9c026a4eee5b21f0414ab0bccf
- github.com/rails/rails/commit/fa19073546360856e9f4dab221fc2c5d73a45e82
- github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v7.2.3.1
- github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.0.4.1
- github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.1.2.1
- github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-73f9-jhhh-hr5m
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.