GHSA-8h22-8cf7-hq6g
Rails has possible Sensitive Session Information Leak in Active Storage
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | activestorage | >= 5.2.0, < 6.1.7.7 | 6.1.7.7 |
| RubyGems | activestorage | >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.8.1 | 7.0.8.1 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
# Possible Sensitive Session Information Leak in Active Storage
There is a possible sensitive session information leak in Active Storage. By
default, Active Storage sends a `Set-Cookie` header along with the user's
session cookie when serving blobs. It also sets `Cache-Control` to public.
Certain proxies may cache the Set-Cookie, leading to an information leak.
This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-26144.
Versions Affected: >= 5.2.0, < 7.1.0
Not affected: < 5.2.0, > 7.1.0
Fixed Versions: 7.0.8.1, 6.1.7.7
Impact
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A proxy which chooses to caches this request can cause users to share
sessions. This may include a user receiving an attacker's session or vice
versa.
This was patched in 7.1.0 but not previously identified as a security
vulnerability.
All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the
workarounds immediately.
Releases
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The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.
Workarounds
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Upgrade to Rails 7.1.X, or configure caching proxies not to cache the
Set-Cookie headers.
Credits
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Thanks to [tyage](https://hackerone.com/tyage) for reporting this!
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-8h22-8cf7-hq6g
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26144
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/723f54566023e91060a67b03353e7c03e7436433
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/78fe149509fac5b05e54187aaaef216fbb5fd0d3
- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/possible-sensitive-session-information-leak-in-active-storage/84945
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2024-26144.yml
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activestorage/CVE-2024-26144.yml
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240510-0013