Description
Active Support is a toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, Active Support number helpers accept strings containing scientific notation (e.g. `1e10000`), which `BigDecimal` expands into extremely large decimal representations. This can cause excessive memory allocation and CPU consumption when the expanded number is formatted, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability. Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| rails | activesupport | >= 8.1.0.beta1, < 8.1.2.1, >= 8.0.0.beta1, < 8.0.4.1, < 7.2.3.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | rails | 2:7.2.3.1+dfsg-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | rails | 2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2~deb13u2 | — |
| Debian 12 | rails | 2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u3 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | rails | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | rails | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | rails | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | rails | No fix yet | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | rails | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | rails | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | rails | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | rails | No fix yet | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python-markdown +1 | 3.8.2-1.el8pc | RHSA-2026:14874, RHSA-2026:14873 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python-pillow +1 | 12.1.1-1.el8pc | RHSA-2026:14874, RHSA-2026:14873 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python-pyOpenSSL +1 | 24.1.0-2.el8pc | RHSA-2026:14874, RHSA-2026:14873 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python3.12-django | 4.2.30-1.el9pc | RHSA-2026:14835 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python3.12-markdown | 3.8.2-1.el9pc | RHSA-2026:14835 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | python3.12-pyOpenSSL | 26.0.0-2.el9pc | RHSA-2026:14835 |
| Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6 | rubygem-activesupport | 6.1.7.8-2.el8sat | RHSA-2026:14874, RHSA-2026:14873, RHSA-2026:14835 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | candlepin +1 | 4.4.25-1.el8sat | RHSA-2026:14874, RHSA-2026:14873 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python-markdown +1 | 3.8.2-1.el8pc | RHSA-2026:14874, RHSA-2026:14873 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python-pillow +1 | 12.1.1-1.el8pc | RHSA-2026:14874, RHSA-2026:14873 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python-pyOpenSSL +1 | 24.1.0-2.el8pc | RHSA-2026:14874, RHSA-2026:14873 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python3.12-django | 4.2.30-1.el9pc | RHSA-2026:14835 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python3.12-markdown | 3.8.2-1.el9pc | RHSA-2026:14835 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | python3.12-pyOpenSSL | 26.0.0-2.el9pc | RHSA-2026:14835 |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | rubygem-activesupport | 6.1.7.8-2.el8sat | RHSA-2026:14874, RHSA-2026:14873, RHSA-2026:14835 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | cinc-auditor | 7.0.107-r1 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kube-fluentd-operator | 1.18.2-r60 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kube-logging-operator-fluentd-outputs | 6.4.0-r9 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | ruby3.2-rails-8.1 | 8.1.3-r0 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | activesupport | >= 8.1.0.beta1, < 8.1.2.1 | 8.1.2.1 | GHSA-2j26-frm8-cmj9 |
| RubyGems | activesupport | >= 8.0.0.beta1, < 8.0.4.1 | 8.0.4.1 | GHSA-2j26-frm8-cmj9 |
| RubyGems | activesupport | < 7.2.3.1 | 7.2.3.1 | GHSA-2j26-frm8-cmj9 |
Advisories 5
- RHSA-2026:14873 Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.17.8 Async Update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- RHSA-2026:14874 Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.16.8 Async Update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 20, 2026
- RHSA-2026:14835 Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.18.5 Async Update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Oct 10, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-0833 Ruby on Rails: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Oct 8, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-1687 IBM License Metric Tool: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten Angriff BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Sep 1, 2026
References
- https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-2j26-frm8-cmj9
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/19dbab51ca086a657bb86458042bc44314916bcb
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ebd6be18120d1136511eb516338e27af25ac0a1a
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ee2c59e730e5b8faed502cd2c573109df093f856
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v7.2.3.1
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.0.4.1
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.1.2.1