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GHSA-844m-cpr9-jcmh

GitHub Security Advisory

Rails Multisite secure/signed cookies share secrets between sites in a multi-site application

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE Has CVE

Advisory Details

### Impact
This vulnerability impacts any Rails applications using `rails_multisite` alongside Rails' signed/encrypted cookies. Depending on how the application makes use of these cookies, it may be possible for an attacker to re-use cookies on different 'sites' within a multi-site Rails application.

### Patches
The issue has been patched in v4 of the `rails_multisite` gem. Note that this upgrade will invalidate all previous signed/encrypted cookies. The impact of this invalidation will vary based on the application architecture.

Affected Packages

RubyGems rails_multisite
Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 4.0.0)

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-844m-cpr9-jcmh
Published
November 15, 2021 5:54 PM
Last Modified
August 11, 2022 6:31 PM
CVSS Score
5.0 /10
Primary Ecosystem
RubyGems
Primary Package
rails_multisite
GitHub Reviewed
✓ Yes

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Last updated: July 3, 2025 6:26 AM

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