CVE-2015-7577
activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before
02 Description
activerecord/lib/active_record/nested_attributes.rb in Active Record in Ruby on Rails 3.1.x and 3.2.x before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-02-16 02:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 07:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-09-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ec9bef241ab788392c18d055dcaf5783479ea2f1b57057bdcc1353c60afc7c08
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0372http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0363http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-73fe05d878http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178041.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-cc465a34dfhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178065.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1146http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
- groups.google.com[ruby-security-ann] 20160125 [CVE-2015-7577] Nested attributes rejection proc bypass in Active Record.https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/cawsWcQ6c8g/LATIsglZEgAJ
- www.securitytracker.com1034816http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
- www.securityfocus.com81806http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81806
- www.debian.orgDSA-3464http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0296http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160125 [CVE-2015-7577] Nested attributes rejection proc bypass in Active Record.http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/10
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rails Fixed in 2:4.2.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rails Fixed in 2:4.2.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rails Fixed in 2:4.2.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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