Description
Action Pack is a Rubygem for building web applications on the Rails framework. In versions on the 8.1 branch prior to 8.1.2.1, the debug exceptions page does not properly escape exception messages. A carefully crafted exception message could inject arbitrary HTML and JavaScript into the page, leading to XSS. This affects applications with detailed exception pages enabled (`config.consider_all_requests_local = true`), which is the default in development. Version 8.1.2.1 contains a patch.
Published: 2026-03-23
Score: 1.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Cross‑Site Scripting via debug exception page
Action: Patch Immediately
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pgm4-439c-5jp6 Rails has a possible XSS vulnerability in its Action Pack debug exceptions
History

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Rubyonrails
Rubyonrails actionpack
Vendors & Products Rubyonrails
Rubyonrails actionpack

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:30:00 +0000

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Description Action Pack is a Rubygem for building web applications on the Rails framework. In versions on the 8.1 branch prior to 8.1.2.1, the debug exceptions page does not properly escape exception messages. A carefully crafted exception message could inject arbitrary HTML and JavaScript into the page, leading to XSS. This affects applications with detailed exception pages enabled (`config.consider_all_requests_local = true`), which is the default in development. Version 8.1.2.1 contains a patch.
Title Rails has a possible XSS vulnerability in its Action Pack debug exceptions
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 1.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U'}


Subscriptions

Rubyonrails Actionpack
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-24T18:44:13.020Z

Reserved: 2026-03-17T21:17:08.888Z

Link: CVE-2026-33167

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-24T18:44:09.646Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-23T23:17:12.707

Modified: 2026-03-24T15:53:48.067

Link: CVE-2026-33167

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-03-23T22:58:53Z

Links: CVE-2026-33167 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-25T20:36:10Z

Weaknesses