# Active Record subject to Regular Expression Denial-of-Service (ReDoS)

Advisory record · `GHSA-8hc4-xxm3-5ppp`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-8hc4-xxm3-5ppp` · `CVE-2021-22880`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-400](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Published:** 2 Mar 2021
- **Updated:** 20 Feb 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 2 Mar 2021, 03:44 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `activerecord` (RubyGems): affected `>=5.0.0, <5.2.4.5 || >=6.0.0, <6.0.3.5 || >=6.1.0, <6.1.2.1`; fixed in `5.2.4.5`, `6.0.3.5`, `6.1.2.1`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from GitHub Advisory Database

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.045, the 91st percentile, on 9 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 2 Mar 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-8hc4-xxm3-5ppp](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8hc4-xxm3-5ppp)
- [OSV: GHSA-8hc4-xxm3-5ppp](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8hc4-xxm3-5ppp)
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22880>
- <https://hackerone.com/reports/1023899>
- <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2021-22880-possible-dos-vulnerability-in-active-record-postgresql-adapter/77129>
- <https://github.com/rails/rails>
- <https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2021-22880.yml>
- <https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/ZzUqCh9vyhI>
- <https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MO5OJ3F4ZL3UXVLJO6ECANRVZBNRS2IH>
- <https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XQ3NS4IBYE2I3MVMGAHFZBZBIZGHXHT3>
- <https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0009>
- <https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4929>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-8hc4-xxm3-5ppp>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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