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CVE-2019-5418

KEV
Updated Oct 21, 2025 · PUBLISHED
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Description

Rails Ruby on Rails contains a path traversal vulnerability in Action View. Specially crafted accept headers in combination with calls to `render file:` can cause arbitrary files on the target server to be rendered, disclosing the file contents.

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Affected packages

PackageVendor / ProductVersion rangeStatus
https://github.com/rails/railsRails / https://github.com/rails/rails4.2.11.1affected
https://github.com/rails/railsRails / https://github.com/rails/rails5.0.7.2affected
https://github.com/rails/railsRails / https://github.com/rails/rails5.1.6.2affected
https://github.com/rails/railsRails / https://github.com/rails/rails5.2.2.1affected