activejob: Information Exposure through deserialization using GlobalId
Published Nov 30, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.56%
Description
A Broken Access Control vulnerability in Active Job versions >= 4.2.0 allows an attacker to craft user input which can cause Active Job to deserialize it using GlobalId and give them access to information that they should not have. This vulnerability has been fixed in versions 4.2.11, 5.0.7.1, 5.1.6.1, and 5.2.1.1.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≥ 4.2.0 · < 4.2.11
- ≥ 5.0.0 · < 5.0.7.1
- ≥ 5.1.0 · < 5.1.6.1
- ≥ 5.2.0 · < 5.2.1.1
Configuration 2
- 4.6
No data.
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9
cfme-0:5.9.9.1-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2019:0600
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9
cfme-amazon-smartstate-0:5.9.9.1-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2019:0600
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9
cfme-appliance-0:5.9.9.1-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2019:0600
CloudForms Management Engine 5.9
cfme-gemset-0:5.9.9.1-1.el7cf
Fixed · RHSA-2019:0600
Red Hat Satellite 6
tfm-ror51-rubygem-activejob
Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections
rh-ror42-rubygem-activejob
Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections
rh-ror50-rubygem-activejob
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.9 | cfme-0:5.9.9.1-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2019:0600 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.9 | cfme-amazon-smartstate-0:5.9.9.1-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2019:0600 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.9 | cfme-appliance-0:5.9.9.1-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2019:0600 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.9 | cfme-gemset-0:5.9.9.1-1.el7cf | Fixed | RHSA-2019:0600 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | tfm-ror51-rubygem-activejob | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | rh-ror42-rubygem-activejob | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Software Collections | rh-ror50-rubygem-activejob | Will not fix | 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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.56% (0.02559) | 84.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.56% (0.02559) | 82.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.94% (0.00939) | 74.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.44% (0.02438) | 75.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00156) | 52.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 24, 2023 | 0.16% (0.00156) | 51.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.14% (0.00143) | 48.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 23.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 57.50th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (11)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0600 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16476 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1659223 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q2qw-rmrh-vv42 Advisory
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/970b0d754be7c71a760d9b807eea32297fd838e3
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activejob/CVE-2018-16476.yml
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-security/FL4dSdzr2zw/zjKVhF4qBAAJ x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/FL4dSdzr2zw
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16476
- https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2018/11/27/Rails-4-2-5-0-5-1-5-2-have-been-released/ x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16476
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0600 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16476 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1659223 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q2qw-rmrh-vv42 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/970b0d754be7c71a760d9b807eea32297fd838e3 | ||
| https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activejob/CVE-2018-16476.yml | ||
| https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-security/FL4dSdzr2zw/zjKVhF4qBAAJ | x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory | |
| https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/FL4dSdzr2zw | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16476 | ||
| https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2018/11/27/Rails-4-2-5-0-5-1-5-2-have-been-released/ | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16476 |
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