GHSA-3hhc-qp5v-9p2j
Active Record RCE bug with Serialized Columns
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2022-32224
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
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
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| RubyGems · activerecord | introduced 7.0.0, fixed 7.0.3.1 |
| RubyGems · activerecord | introduced 6.1.0, fixed 6.1.6.1 |
| RubyGems · activerecord | introduced 6.0.0, fixed 6.0.5.1 |
| RubyGems · activerecord | introduced 0, fixed 5.2.8.1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32224 ADVISORY
- 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 WEB
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3hhc-qp5v-9p2j ADVISORY
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commits/main/activerecord PACKAGE
- 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 WEB
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00022.html WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |