CVE-2019-5418 - Rails Ruby on Rails Path Traversal Vulnerability
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.
- Severity
- critical
- Product
- Rails Ruby on Rails
- Published
- 2025-07-07
- EPSS
- 0.985
- CISA KEV
- Known exploited
- Ransomware
- Known campaign use
References and validation
- https://github.com/search?q=CVE-2019-5418&type=repositories
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-5418.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5418
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