GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-356j-hg45-x525 Potential CSV export data leak

HIGH Published 2023-12-15 Modified 2024-01-02 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-50448
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
activeadmin
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-1236, CWE-200
Reviewed
2023-12-15

Affected packages

• RubyGems activeadmin: < 2.12.0 → fixed in 2.12.0

Description

Impact In ActiveAdmin versions prior to 2.12.0, a concurrency issue was found that could allow a malicious actor to be able to access potentially private data that belongs to another user. The bug affects the functionality to export data as CSV files, and was caused by a variable holding the collection to be exported being shared across threads and not properly synchronized. The attacker would need access to the same ActiveAdmin application as the victim, and could exploit the issue by timing their request immediately before when they know someone else will request a CSV (e.g. via phishing) or request CSVs frequently and hope someone else makes a concurrent request. Patches Versions 2.12.0 and above fixed the problem by completely removing the shared state.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-50448 In ActiveAdmin (aka Active Admin) before 2.12.0, a concurrency issue allows a malicious actor to access potentially private data (that… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-1236 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References