High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 30, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-16476
CVE-2018-16476
Description
A Broken Access Control vulnerability in Active Job versions >= 4.2.0 allows an attacker to craft user input which can cause Active Job to deserialize it using GlobalId and give them access to information that they should not have. This vulnerability has been fixed in versions 4.2.11, 5.0.7.1, 5.1.6.1, and 5.2.1.1.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
activejobRubyGems | >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.11 | 4.2.11 |
activejobRubyGems | >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.7.1 | 5.0.7.1 |
activejobRubyGems | >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.6.1 | 5.1.6.1 |
activejobRubyGems | >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.1.1 | 5.2.1.1 |
Affected products
5- ghsa-coords5 versionspkg:gem/activejobpkg:rpm/suse/rubygem-activejob-4_2&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/rubygem-activejob-4_2&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/rubygem-activejob-4_2&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/rubygem-activejob-5_1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2015
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.11+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.11
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.9-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.9-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.9-3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.1.4-3.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-security/FL4dSdzr2zw/zjKVhF4qBAAJnvdExploitMailing ListMitigationThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0600nvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-q2qw-rmrh-vv42ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16476ghsaADVISORY
- weblog.rubyonrails.org/2018/11/27/Rails-4-2-5-0-5-1-5-2-have-been-released/nvdVendor Advisory
- github.com/rails/rails/commit/970b0d754be7c71a760d9b807eea32297fd838e3ghsaWEB
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/activejob/CVE-2018-16476.ymlghsaWEB
- groups.google.com/forum/ghsaWEB
- weblog.rubyonrails.org/2018/11/27/Rails-4-2-5-0-5-1-5-2-have-been-releasedghsaWEB
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