CVE-2016-2098

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

81.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.3 (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:L/I:L/A:L

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. 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.

Published

2016-04-07 23:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-29

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2ba40061bbea979a8b2d139203ed4d253c6cc7ce8ab7117074353bea6e04e683

• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0867http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00086.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0967http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.debian.orgDSA-3509http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3509vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com83725http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83725vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1035122http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035122vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.exploit-db.com40086https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40086/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:0854http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0790http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00057.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2016:1146http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0835http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• groups.google.com[ruby-security-ann] 20160229 [CVE-2016-2098] Possible remote code execution vulnerability in Action Packhttps://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/ly-IH-fxr_Q/WLoOhcMZIAAJmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• weblog.rubyonrails.orghttp://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released/x_refsource_CONFIRM