CVE-2018-16471

mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.019 · 79 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.89% (79th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

There is a possible XSS vulnerability in Rack before 2.0.6 and 1.6.11. Carefully crafted requests can impact the data returned by the `scheme` method on `Rack::Request`. Applications that expect the scheme to be limited to 'http' or 'https' and do not escape the return value could be vulnerable to an XSS attack. Note that applications using the normal escaping mechanisms provided by Rails may not impacted, but applications that bypass the escaping mechanisms, or do not use them may be vulnerable.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-2.2-0:2.2.22-1.1.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-2.2-0:2.2.22-1.1.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-2.2-0:2.2.22-1.1.s390x as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-2.2-0:2.2.22-1.1.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-0:3.1.18-1.3.aarch64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-0:3.1.18-1.3.ppc64le as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-0:3.1.18-1.3.s390x as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedruby4.0-rubygem-rack-0:3.1.18-1.3.x86_64 as component of openSUSE Tumbleweedsuse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.06.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.7

v3.06.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.05.6mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.06.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · SUSE Product Security

v3.16.1mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79USprimaryCWE-79USCWE-79US

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

rack rack≤ 2.0.6, 1.6.11enisa_euvdEU
Leah Neukirchen Rack1.6.0 → 1.6.11fstec_bduRU
Leah Neukirchen Rack2.0.0 → 2.0.6fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition для «Эльбрус»≤ 8.1 «Ленинград»fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
debian debian linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack project rack1.6.0 → 1.6.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rack project rack2.0.0 → 2.0.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
RubyGems rack< 1.6.11osvUSpkg:gem/rack
RubyGems rack2.0.0 → 2.0.6osvUSpkg:gem/rack

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

openSUSE-SU-2026:10286-1ruby4.0-rubygem-rack-2.2-2.2.22-1.1 on GA media2026-03-04csaf · suse_csafDE
ruby4.0-rubygem-rack-2.2-2.2.22-1.1 on GA media
openSUSE-SU-2026:10358-1ruby4.0-rubygem-rack-3.1.18-1.3 on GA media2026-03-13csaf · suse_csafDE
ruby4.0-rubygem-rack-3.1.18-1.3 on GA media
GHSA-5r2p-j47h-mhpgRack vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting2018-11-15ghsa · osvUS
There is a possible XSS vulnerability in Rack before 2.0.6 and 1.6.11. Carefully crafted requests can impact the data returned by the `scheme` method on `Rack::Request`. Applications that expect the scheme to be limited to 'http' or 'https' and do not escape the return value could be vulnerable to an XSS attack. Note that applications using the normal escaping mechanisms provided by Rails may not impacted, but applications that bypass the escaping mechanisms, or do not use them may be vulnerable.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv suse_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-11-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (21)

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