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CVE-2022-32224

UNKNOWN
Published 2022-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
9.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.014
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 1.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.793
Higher than 79.3% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

A possible escalation to RCE vulnerability exists when using YAML serialized columns in Active Record < 7.0.3.1, <6.1.6.1, <6.0.5.1 and <5.2.8.1 which could allow an attacker, that can manipulate data in the database (via means like SQL injection), the ability to escalate to an RCE.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed CRITICAL

Active Record RCE bug with Serialized Columns

GHSA-3hhc-qp5v-9p2j

Advisory Details

When serialized columns that use YAML (the default) are deserialized, Rails uses YAML.unsafe_load to convert the YAML data in to Ruby objects. If an attacker can manipulate data in the database (via means like SQL injection), then it may be possible for the attacker to escalate to an RCE. There are no feasible workarounds for this issue, but other coders (such as JSON) are not impacted.

Affected Packages

RubyGems activerecord
ECOSYSTEM: ≥7.0.0 <7.0.3.1
RubyGems activerecord
ECOSYSTEM: ≥6.1.0 <6.1.6.1
RubyGems activerecord
ECOSYSTEM: ≥6.0.0 <6.0.5.1
RubyGems activerecord
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <5.2.8.1

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32224
WEB https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/611990f1a6c137c2d56b1ba06b27e5d2434dcd6a
WEB https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2022-32224-possible-rce-escalation-bug-with-serialized-columns-in-active-record/81017
ADVISORY https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3hhc-qp5v-9p2j
PACKAGE https://github.com/rails/rails/commits/main/activerecord
WEB https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activerecord/CVE-2022-32224.yml
WEB https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/MmFO3LYQE8U

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 12, 2022, Modified: December 8, 2022

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3hhc-qp5v-9p2j
https://groups.google.com/g/rubyonrails-security/c/MmFO3LYQE8U
Published: 2022-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-04-24T15:17:29.382Z
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