Improper Access Control in activejob

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.029, the 86th percentile, on 10 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 5 Dec 2018. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-q2qw-rmrh-vv42
• OSV: GHSA-q2qw-rmrh-vv42
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16476
• github.com/rails/rails/commit/970b0d754be7c71a760d9b807eea32297fd838e3
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0600
• github.com/rails/rails
• github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activejob/CVE-2018-16476.yml
• groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-security/FL4dSdzr2zw/zjKVhF4qBAAJ
• groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/FL4dSdzr2zw
• weblog.rubyonrails.org/2018/11/27/Rails-4-2-5-0-5-1-5-2-have-been-released

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