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CVE-2026-40295 (GCVE-0-2026-40295)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-22 19:10 – Updated: 2026-05-26 13:10

Title

Devise: Open Redirect via Unvalidated `request.referrer` in Timeoutable Session Timeout Handler

Summary

Devise is an authentication solution for Rails based on Warden. In versions 5.0.3 and below, when the Timeoutable module is enabled in Devise, the FailureApp#redirect_url method returns request.referrer — the HTTP Referer header, which is attacker-controllable — without validation for any non-GET request that results in a session timeout. An attacker who hosts a page with an auto-submitting cross-origin form can cause a victim with an expired Devise session to be redirected to an arbitrary external URL. This contrasts with the GET timeout path (which uses server-side attempted_path) and Devise's own store_location_for mechanism (which strips external hosts via extract_path_from_location), both of which are protected; only the non-GET timeout redirect path is unprotected. Expired-session users can be silently redirected from the trusted app domain to attacker-controlled URLs, enabling phishing and malware delivery while bypassing browser warnings. Note: Rails' built-in open-redirect protection does not mitigate this issue. Devise::FailureApp is an ActionController::Metal app with its own isolated copy of the relevant redirect configuration, so config.action_controller.action_on_open_redirect = :raise (and the older raise_on_open_redirects setting) do not reach it. This issue has been fixed in version 5.0.4.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-601 - URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/commit/025fe…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
heartcombo	devise	Affected: < 5.0.4

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FKIE_CVE-2026-40295

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-22 20:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:44

Severity

6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

References

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	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/commit/025fe2124f9928766fc46520e999633b598d0360	Patch
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/security/advisories/GHSA-jp94-3292-c3xv	Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	heartcombo	devise	*

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GHSA-JP94-3292-C3XV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-08 15:41 – Updated: 2026-05-29 21:44

Summary

Devise has an Open Redirect via Unvalidated `request.referrer` in Timeoutable Session Timeout Handler

Details

Summary

When the Timeoutable module is enabled in Devise, the FailureApp#redirect_url method returns request.referrer — the HTTP Referer header, which is attacker-controllable — without validation for any non-GET request that results in a session timeout. An attacker who hosts a page with an auto-submitting cross-origin form can cause a victim with an expired Devise session to be redirected to an arbitrary external URL. This contrasts with the GET timeout path (which uses server-side attempted_path) and Devise's own store_location_for mechanism (which strips external hosts via extract_path_from_location), both of which are protected; only the non-GET timeout redirect path is unprotected.

Details

The vulnerable code is in lib/devise/failure_app.rb:

def redirect_url
  if warden_message == :timeout
    flash[:timedout] = true if is_flashing_format?

    path = if request.get?
      attempted_path          # safe: server-side value from warden options
    else
      request.referrer        # UNSAFE: HTTP Referer header, attacker-controlled
    end

    path || scope_url
  else
    scope_url
  end
end

This is passed directly to redirect_to:

def redirect
  store_location!
  # ...
  redirect_to redirect_url   # redirect_url may be an external attacker URL
end

The GET timeout path uses attempted_path, which is set server-side by Warden and cannot be influenced by the client. The store_location! method also only runs for GET requests, so no session-based protection is applied on POST timeouts.

By contrast, Devise's store_location_for method (used elsewhere) correctly sanitizes URLs via extract_path_from_location, which strips the scheme and host.

Impact

Victims with expired sessions who click any attacker-crafted link or visit an attacker page with an auto-submitting form are redirected to an arbitrary external URL.
The redirect happens transparently via a trusted domain (the target app's domain), bypassing browser phishing warnings.
An attacker can redirect victims to a fake login page to harvest credentials (phishing), or to malicious download sites.

Note: Rails' built-in open-redirect protection does not mitigate this issue. Devise::FailureApp is an ActionController::Metal app with its own isolated copy of the relevant redirect configuration, so config.action_controller.action_on_open_redirect = :raise (and the older raise_on_open_redirects setting) do not reach it.

Patches

This is patched in Devise v5.0.4. Users should upgrade as soon as possible.

Workaround

None beyond upgrading. If an upgrade is not immediately possible, the same changes from the patch commit can be applied as a monkey-patch in a Rails initializer (Devise::FailureApp#redirect_url and Devise::Controllers::StoreLocation#extract_path_from_location). Remove the monkey-patch after upgrading.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 5.0.3"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "devise"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.0.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-40295"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-601"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-08T15:41:47Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-05-22T20:16:34Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "## Summary\n\nWhen the `Timeoutable` module is enabled in Devise, the `FailureApp#redirect_url` method returns `request.referrer` \u2014 the HTTP `Referer` header, which is attacker-controllable \u2014 without validation for any non-GET request that results in a session timeout. An attacker who hosts a page with an auto-submitting cross-origin form can cause a victim with an expired Devise session to be redirected to an arbitrary external URL. This contrasts with the GET timeout path (which uses server-side `attempted_path`) and Devise\u0027s own `store_location_for` mechanism (which strips external hosts via `extract_path_from_location`), both of which are protected; only the non-GET timeout redirect path is unprotected.\n\n## Details\n\nThe vulnerable code is in `lib/devise/failure_app.rb`:\n\n```ruby\ndef redirect_url\n  if warden_message == :timeout\n    flash[:timedout] = true if is_flashing_format?\n\n    path = if request.get?\n      attempted_path          # safe: server-side value from warden options\n    else\n      request.referrer        # UNSAFE: HTTP Referer header, attacker-controlled\n    end\n\n    path || scope_url\n  else\n    scope_url\n  end\nend\n```\n\nThis is passed directly to `redirect_to`:\n\n```ruby\ndef redirect\n  store_location!\n  # ...\n  redirect_to redirect_url   # redirect_url may be an external attacker URL\nend\n```\n\nThe GET timeout path uses `attempted_path`, which is set server-side by Warden and cannot be influenced by the client. The `store_location!` method also only runs for GET requests, so no session-based protection is applied on POST timeouts.\n\nBy contrast, Devise\u0027s `store_location_for` method (used elsewhere) correctly sanitizes URLs via `extract_path_from_location`, which strips the scheme and host.\n\n## Impact\n\n- Victims with expired sessions who click any attacker-crafted link or visit an attacker page with an auto-submitting form are redirected to an arbitrary external URL.\n- The redirect happens transparently via a trusted domain (the target app\u0027s domain), bypassing browser phishing warnings.\n- An attacker can redirect victims to a fake login page to harvest credentials (phishing), or to malicious download sites.\n\n_Note_: Rails\u0027 built-in open-redirect protection does not mitigate this issue. `Devise::FailureApp` is an `ActionController::Metal` app with its own isolated copy of the relevant redirect configuration, so `config.action_controller.action_on_open_redirect = :raise` (and the older `raise_on_open_redirects` setting) do not reach it.\n\n## Patches\n\nThis is patched in Devise v5.0.4. Users should upgrade as soon as possible.\n\n## Workaround\n\nNone beyond upgrading. If an upgrade is not immediately possible, the same changes from the patch commit can be applied as a monkey-patch in a Rails initializer (`Devise::FailureApp#redirect_url` and `Devise::Controllers::StoreLocation#extract_path_from_location`). Remove the monkey-patch after upgrading.",
  "id": "GHSA-jp94-3292-c3xv",
  "modified": "2026-05-29T21:44:44Z",
  "published": "2026-05-08T15:41:47Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/security/advisories/GHSA-jp94-3292-c3xv"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40295"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/commit/025fe2124f9928766fc46520e999633b598d0360"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/heartcombo/devise"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/devise/CVE-2026-40295.yml"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Devise has an Open Redirect via Unvalidated `request.referrer` in Timeoutable Session Timeout Handler"
}

ubuntu-cve-2026-40295

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2026-05-22 20:16

Modified

2026-05-27 19:09

Summary

Details

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-40295	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40295	REPORT
	https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/security/adv…	REPORT
	https://github.com/heartcombo/devise/commit/025fe…	REPORT

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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-devise",
            "binary_version": "3.5.6-2"
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        "name": "ruby-devise",
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      },
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      "package": {
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    },
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        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
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            {
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        "4.9.2-1",
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Devise is an authentication solution for Rails based on Warden. In versions 5.0.3 and below, when the Timeoutable module is enabled in Devise, the FailureApp#redirect_url method returns request.referrer \u2014 the HTTP Referer header, which is attacker-controllable \u2014 without validation for any non-GET request that results in a session timeout. An attacker who hosts a page with an auto-submitting cross-origin form can cause a victim with an expired Devise session to be redirected to an arbitrary external URL. This contrasts with the GET timeout path (which uses server-side attempted_path) and Devise\u0027s own store_location_for mechanism (which strips external hosts via extract_path_from_location), both of which are protected; only the non-GET timeout redirect path is unprotected. Expired-session users can be silently redirected from the trusted app domain to attacker-controlled URLs, enabling phishing and malware delivery while bypassing browser warnings. Note: Rails\u0027 built-in open-redirect protection does not mitigate this issue. Devise::FailureApp is an ActionController::Metal app with its own isolated copy of the relevant redirect configuration, so config.action_controller.action_on_open_redirect = :raise (and the older raise_on_open_redirects setting) do not reach it. This issue has been fixed in version 5.0.4.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40295",
  "modified": "2026-05-27T19:09:50Z",
  "published": "2026-05-22T20:16:00Z",
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
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    },
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    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
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    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-40295"
  ]
}

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CVE-2026-40295 (GCVE-0-2026-40295)

FKIE_CVE-2026-40295

GHSA-JP94-3292-C3XV

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ubuntu-cve-2026-40295

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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