CVE-2021-22942
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A possible open redirect vulnerability in the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack >= 6.0.0 that could allow attackers to redirect users to a malicious website.
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affected products (6)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-0618Ruby on Rails: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Manipulation von DateienDeutsch2021-08-19csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Ruby on Rails ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren.
- GHSA-2rqw-v265-jf8cOpen Redirect in ActionPack2021-08-26ghsa · osvUS
# Overview There is a possible open redirect vulnerability in the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2021-22942. Versions Affected: >= 6.0.0. Not affected: < 6.0.0 Fixed Versions: 6.1.4.1, 6.0.4.1 # Impact Specially crafted “X-Forwarded-Host” headers in combination with certain “allowed host” formats can cause the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack to redirect users to a malicious website. Impacted applications will have allowed hosts with a leading dot. For example, configuration files that look like this: ```ruby config.hosts << '.EXAMPLE.com' ``` When an allowed host contains a leading dot, a specially crafted Host header can be used to redirect to a malicious website. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2021-22881, but CVE-2021-22881 did not take in to account domain name case sensitivity. # Releases The fixed releases are available at the normal locations. # Workarounds In the case a patch can’t be applied, the following monkey patch can be used in an initializer: ```ruby module ActionDispatch class HostAuthorization HOSTNAME = /[a-z0-9.-]+|\[[a-f0-9]*:[a-f0-9.:]+\]/i VALID_ORIGIN_HOST = /\A(#{HOSTNAME})(?::\d+)?\z/ VALID_FORWARDED_HOST = /(?:\A|,[ ]?)(#{HOSTNAME})(?::\d+)?\z/ private def authorized?(request) origin_host = request.get_header("HTTP_HOST")&.slice(VALID_ORIGIN_HOST, 1) || "" forwarded_host = request.x_forwarded_host&.slice(VALID_FORWARDED_HOST, 1) || "" @permissions.allows?(origin_host) && (forwarded_host.blank? || @permissions.allows?(forwarded_host)) end end end ```
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references (15)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/14/5cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-22942cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22942cnnvd
- https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2021/8/19/Rails-6-0-4-1-and-6-1-4-1-have-been-released/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2023.1542cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5372cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6514815cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/12/14/5enisa_euvd
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