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High · 8.3 CVE-2021-41263 EUVD-2021-2317GHSA-844m-cpr9-jcmh

Secure/signed cookies share secrets between sites in rails_multisite

Published Nov 15, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

rails_multisite provides multi-db support for Rails applications. In affected versions this vulnerability impacts any Rails applications using `rails_multisite` alongside Rails' signed/encrypted cookies. Depending on how the application makes use of these cookies, it may be possible for an attacker to re-use cookies on different 'sites' within a multi-site Rails application. The issue has been patched in v4 of the `rails_multisite` gem. Note that this upgrade will invalidate all previous signed/encrypted cookies. The impact of this invalidation will vary based on the application architecture.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
discourse rails_multisite < 4.0.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
RubyGems rails_multisite < 4.0.0 4.0.0 GHSA-844m-cpr9-jcmh

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