Remote code execution via user-provided local names in ActionView

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.82, the 99th 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 7 Jul 2020. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-cr3x-7m39-c6jq
• OSV: GHSA-cr3x-7m39-c6jq
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8163
• hackerone.com/reports/304805
• github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2020-8163.yml
• groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/hWuKcHyoKh0
• groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/hWuKcHyoKh0
• lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00013.html
• packetstormsecurity.com/files/158604/Ruby-On-Rails-5.0.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html

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.