CVE-2024-28103: Action Pack is missing security headers on non-HTML responses
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-28103 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in rails. EPSS estimates a 0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4Timeline
- 04-06-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-12-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests. Since 6.1.0, the application configurable Permissions-Policy is only served on responses with an HTML related Content-Type. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.1.7.8, 7.0.8.2, and 7.1.3.3.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · RubygemsEcosystem advisory · calculated5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.66%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
52%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.66% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse20 products
- rmt-server&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 2.17-150300.3.37.1
- rmt-server&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS< 2.17-150200.3.45.1
- rmt-server&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 2.17-150300.3.37.1
- rmt-server&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 2.17-150400.3.25.1
- rmt-server&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 2.17-150400.3.25.1
Opensuse3 products
- rmt-server&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 2.17-150500.3.16.1
- rmt-server&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 2.17-150500.3.16.1
- rmt-server&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 2.18-1.1
Debian1 product
- rails< 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u1 | < 2:7.2.2.1+dfsg-1
Rails1 product
- rails≥ 6.1.0.0, < 6.1.7.8 | ≥ 7.0.0.0, < 7.0.8.4 | ≥ 7.1.0.0, < 7.1.3.4 | ≥ 7.2.0.beta1, < 7.2.0.beta2
RubyGems1 product
- actionpack≥ 6.1.0, < 6.1.7.8 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.8.4 | ≥ 7.1.0, < 7.1.3.4 | ≥ 7.2.0.beta1, < 7.2.0.beta2
Rubyonrails1 product
- railsEOL≥ 6.1.0, < 6.1.7.8 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.8.4 | ≥ 7.1.0, < 7.1.3.4 | 7.2.0:beta1
Ubuntu1 product
- railsAll versions (No fix recorded)
7 vendors · 28 products
References
17 links- github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-fwhr-88qx-h9g7X Refsource CONFIRMREPORTWEBVendor Advisory
- github.com/rails/rails/commit/35858f1d9d57f6c4050a8d9ab754bd5d088b4523X Refsource MISCREPORTWEBPatch
Show all 17 references
- github.com/rails/railsPACKAGE