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Rails Ruby on Rails: Ruby on Rails Path Traversal Vulnerability

Rails Ruby on Rails

Rails Ruby on Rails contains a path traversal vulnerability in Action View. Specially crafted accept headers in combination with calls to `render file:` can cause arbitrary files on the target server to be rendered, disclosing the file contents. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-07-07.

Why this severity: CVSS 7.5 (CISA ADP, v3.1); actively exploited (CISA KEV)

Started: Jul 7, 2025
Closed: Jul 7, 2025
CVE: CVE-2019-5418

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Updated Jul 7, 2025

Affected

See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

Fixed in

See vendor advisory linked in sources

Timeline1

Jul 7, 2025
CISA added CVE-2019-5418 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-07-28).

Advisories3

Notes & caveats

Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. CVSS from the CVE record (cvelistV5). Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record; verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier; many entries are older CVEs newly confirmed as exploited in 2025).

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