Is actionpack-page_caching affected by CVE-2020-8159?

RubyGems actionpack-page_caching is affected in <1.2.1.

Is CVE-2020-8159 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 5.3%.

critical

CVE-2020-8159

Q: Is CVE-2020-8159 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 5.3%.

RubyGems · actionpack-page_caching

Summary

Arbitrary file write in actionpack-page_caching gem

Severity: critical
EPSS: 5.3% (p91)
Also known as: GHSA-mg5p-95m9-rmfp
Published: 2020-05-13

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8159
https://github.com/rails/actionpack-page_caching/commit/127da70a559bed4fc573fdb4a6d498a7d5815ce2
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/CFRVkEytdP8

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.