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CVE-2026-33168
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in actionview (CVE-2026-33168)
Summary
cross-site scripting in actionview (CVE-2026-33168). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `7.2.3.1` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2026-33168** has been found in actionview.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade actionview to **7.2.3.1** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "actionview CVE-2026-33168" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-33168 (actionview) — CWE-79 /
Patched: `7.2.3.1` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**Cross-site scripting (XSS)** (CWE-79) exists in actionview.
📍 Affected scope
actionview — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **7.2.3.1**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'actionview' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'actionview' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `actionview` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade actionview to 7.2.3.1ステージング環境で 7.2.3.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
rubygems
actionview
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.2.3.1"}]}]
References
- web https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-v55j-83pf-r9cq
- web https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/0b6f8002b52b9c606fd6be9e7915d9f944cf539c
- web https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/63f5ad83edaa0b976f82d46988d745426aa4a42d
- web https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c79a07df1e88738df8f68cb0ee759ad6128ca924
- web https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v7.2.3.1
- web https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.0.4.1
- web https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.1.2.1
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33168
- web https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionview/CVE-2026-33168.yml
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v55j-83pf-r9cq