CVE-2019-5418

Rails Ruby on Rails Path Traversal Vulnerability
98.5%
EPSS
100%
Percentile
Yes
Known exploited
0
APAC news · 90d
Summary

Rails Ruby on Rails contains a path traversal vulnerability in Action View. Specially crafted accept headers in combination with calls to `render file:` can cause arbitrary files on the target server to be rendered, disclosing the file contents.

Vendor
Rails
Product
Ruby on Rails
Added to KEV
Jul 7, 2025
Remediation due
Jul 28, 2025 (US federal deadline)
Ransomware use
Not known
Weakness
CWE-22
EPSS
98.5% as of Nov 12
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Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
  • none recorded