Findings

CVE-2026-33167

Action Pack is a Rubygem for building web applications on the Rails framework.

Published Mar 23, 2026 · updated Aug 12, 2026 · rubyonrails rails

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 ( ), which is the default in development. Version 8.1.2.1 contains a patch.

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  1. Mar 23, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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 ( ), which is the default

  2. Aug 12, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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 ( ), which is the default

Affected

  • cpe rubyonrails/railsversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33167

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33167

    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 i

    nvd.nist.gov

References

CVE-2026-33167 · ZeroDay Findings