CVE-2026-33167

Rails has a possible XSS vulnerability in its Action Pack debug exceptions

Published Mar 23, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 1.3 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Action Pack is a Rubygem for building web applications on the Rails framework. In versions on the 8.1 branch prior to 8.1.2.1, the debug exceptions page does not properly escape exception messages. A carefully crafted exception message could inject arbitrary HTML and JavaScript into the page, leading to XSS. This affects applications with detailed exception pages enabled (`config.consider_all_requests_local = true`), which is the default in development. Version 8.1.2.1 contains a patch.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pgm4-439c-5jp6 Rails has a possible XSS vulnerability in its Action Pack debug exceptions
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Rubyonrails rails
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Rubyonrails rails
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Rubyonrails
Rubyonrails actionpack
Vendors & Products Rubyonrails
Rubyonrails actionpack
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Action Pack is a Rubygem for building web applications on the Rails framework. In versions on the 8.1 branch prior to 8.1.2.1, the debug exceptions page does not properly escape exception messages. A carefully crafted exception message could inject arbitrary HTML and JavaScript into the page, leading to XSS. This affects applications with detailed exception pages enabled (`config.consider_all_requests_local = true`), which is the default in development. Version 8.1.2.1 contains a patch.
Title Rails has a possible XSS vulnerability in its Action Pack debug exceptions
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 1.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Mar 24, 2026, 6:44 PM
Reserved
Mar 17, 2026, 9:17 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 23, 2026, 11:17 PM
Modified
Aug 12, 2026, 4:45 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 23, 2026, 10:58 PM