rubygem-activerecord: Serialized Attributes YAML Vulnerability with Rails 2.3 and 3.0
Published Feb 13, 2013
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.50%
Description
ActiveRecord in Ruby on Rails before 2.3.17 and 3.x before 3.1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized attributes that cause the +serialize+ helper to deserialize arbitrary YAML.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.6
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.7
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.8
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.9
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.10
- 3.0.11
- 3.0.12
- 3.0.12
- 3.0.13
- 3.0.13
- 3.0.14
- 3.0.16
- 3.0.17
- 3.0.18
- 3.0.19
- 3.0.20
- 3.0.4
Configuration 2
- 2.3.0
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.9
- 2.3.10
- 2.3.11
- 2.3.12
- 2.3.13
- 2.3.14
- 2.3.15
- 2.3.16
No data.
OpenShift Enterprise 1
ruby193-rubygem-activesupport
Not affected
OpenShift Enterprise 1
rubygem-activesupport
Affected
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
rubygem-activesupport
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenShift Enterprise 1 | ruby193-rubygem-activesupport | Not affected | n/a |
| OpenShift Enterprise 1 | rubygem-activesupport | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | rubygem-activesupport | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.50% (0.07497) | 94.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.50% (0.07497) | 93.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.16% (0.07162) | 90.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 13.99% (0.13988) | 90.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.16% (0.07162) | 90.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 12.89% (0.12887) | 95.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 13, 2024 | 11.22% (0.11225) | 95.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 9.89% (0.09887) | 93.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 81.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00048.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52112 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1028109 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/2/11/SEC-ANN-Rails-3-2-12-3-1-11-and-2-3-17-have-been-released/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2620 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/11/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/90073 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0277 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909633 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fhj9-cjjh-27vm Advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2013-0277.yml
- https://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-security/msg/302ec7ce90f13837?dmode=source&output=gplain mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0277
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-0277 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0277
Change history (0)
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