CVE-2026-33168
CVE-2026-33168 · Rails has a possible XSS vulnerability in its Action View tag helpers
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Action View provides conventions and helpers for building web pages with the Rails framework. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, when a blank string is used as an HTML attribute name in Action View tag helpers, the attribute escaping is bypassed, producing malformed HTML. A carefully crafted attribute value could then be misinterpreted by the browser as a separate attribute name, possibly leading to XSS. Applications that allow users to specify custom HTML attributes are affected. Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.
CVSS 2.3 · Low · EPSS 0.7% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
actionview
- Versions
- >= 8.1.0.beta1, < 8.1.2.1: Affected
- >= 8.0.0.beta1, < 8.0.4.1: Affected
- < 7.2.3.1: Affected
No fix published
rails Debian:12
- Versions
- 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u1
- 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u2
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-10
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-11
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-12
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-13
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-2
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-2~deb12u1
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-3
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-4
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-5
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-6
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-7
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-7~exp1
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-8
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-9
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u3
Update to 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u3
rails Debian:13
- Versions
- 2:7.2.2.1+dfsg-7
- 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-1
- 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2~deb13u1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2~deb13u2
Update to 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2~deb13u2
rails Debian:14
- Versions
- 2:7.2.2.1+dfsg-7
- 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-1
- 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2
- 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2~deb13u1
- 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2~deb13u2
- 2:7.2.3+dfsg-1
- 2:7.2.3+dfsg-2
- 2:7.2.3+dfsg-3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 2:7.2.3.1+dfsg-1
Update to 2:7.2.3.1+dfsg-1
rails Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 2:4.1.10-1
- 2:4.2.5-1
- 2:4.2.5.1-1
- 2:4.2.5.2-2
- 2:4.2.6-1
- 2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
- 2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
rails Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 2:4.2.9-2
- 2:4.2.9-4
- 2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4
- 2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm1
- 2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
rails Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1
- 2:5.2.3+dfsg-3
- 2:5.2.3+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
rails Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2
- 2:6.1.4.1+dfsg-8ubuntu2
- 2:6.1.4.1+dfsg-8ubuntu2+esm1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
rails Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
- Versions
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-2build1
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
rails Ubuntu:25.10
- Versions
- 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-7
- 2:7.2.2.1+dfsg-7
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
rails Ubuntu:26.10
- Versions
- 2:7.2.3+dfsg-2
- 2:7.2.3.2+dfsg-2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
rails Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
- Versions
- 2:7.2.2.1+dfsg-7
- 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2
- 2:7.2.3+dfsg-2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
Original sources
- https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-v55j-83pf-r9cq
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/0b6f8002b52b9c606fd6be9e7915d9f944cf539c
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/63f5ad83edaa0b976f82d46988d745426aa4a42d
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c79a07df1e88738df8f68cb0ee759ad6128ca924
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v7.2.3.1
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.0.4.1
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.1.2.1
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33168