# Rails has a possible XSS vulnerability in its Action View tag helpers

Advisory record · `GHSA-v55j-83pf-r9cq`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-v55j-83pf-r9cq` · `CVE-2026-33168`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 2.3 Low
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-79](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html)
- **Tags:** [Cross-site scripting (XSS)](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/xss.md)
- **Published:** 23 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 10 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 23 Mar 2026, 20:51 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `actionview` (RubyGems): affected `>=8.1.0.beta1, <8.1.2.1 || >=8.0.0.beta1, <8.0.4.1 || <7.2.3.1`; fixed in `8.1.2.1`, `8.0.4.1`, `7.2.3.1`

## 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

- 2.3 Low, CVSS 4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0068, the 52nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 15:16 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:16 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-v55j-83pf-r9cq)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-v55j-83pf-r9cq](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v55j-83pf-r9cq)
- [OSV: GHSA-v55j-83pf-r9cq](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-v55j-83pf-r9cq)
- <https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-v55j-83pf-r9cq>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33168>
- <https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/0b6f8002b52b9c606fd6be9e7915d9f944cf539c>
- <https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/63f5ad83edaa0b976f82d46988d745426aa4a42d>
- <https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c79a07df1e88738df8f68cb0ee759ad6128ca924>
- <https://github.com/rails/rails>
- <https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v7.2.3.1>
- <https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.0.4.1>
- <https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.1.2.1>
- <https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2026-33168.yml>

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-v55j-83pf-r9cq>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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