CVE-2020-8165
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 17
Modified
Published: 19 Jun 2020, 17:05
Last modified:09 May 2025, 20:03
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100 CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
90.13% CRITICAL
90% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
19 Jun 2020, 17:05
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
09 May 2025, 20:03
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
A deserialization of untrusted data vulnernerability exists in rails < 5.2.4.3, rails < 6.0.3.1 that can allow an attacker to unmarshal user-provided objects in MemCacheStore and RedisCacheStore potentially resulting in an RCE.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 90.13%• Percentile: 100%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-502•Deserialization of Untrusted Data
The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.
Affected Systems
- debian•debian_linux
8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0
- opensuse•leap
15.1 | 15.2
- rubyonrails•rails
< 5.2.4.3 | ≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.3.1
References (9)
- https://hackerone.com/reports/413388
- https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/bv6fW4S0Y1c
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00022.html
- https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2020/5/18/Rails-5-2-4-3-and-6-0-3-1-have-been-released/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00013.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00034.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250509-0002/