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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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
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
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