CVE-2022-32224 (GCVE-0-2022-32224)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-12-05 00:00 – Updated: 2026-05-11 16:53
VLAI
Summary
A possible escalation to RCE vulnerability exists when using YAML serialized columns in Active Record < 7.0.3.1, <6.1.6.1, <6.0.5.1 and <5.2.8.1 which could allow an attacker, that can manipulate data in the database (via means like SQL injection), the ability to escalate to an RCE.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a https://github.com/rails/rails Affected: 7.0.3.1, 6.1.6.1, 6.0.5.1, 5.2.8.1
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