CVE-2026-33167 LOW

CVE-2026-33167: Rails has a possible XSS vulnerability in its Action Pack debug exceptions

Vendor Rails
Product actionpack
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published March 23, 2026
Last update March 24, 2026

CVSS base score

1.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U

What the vulnerability does

Description

Action Pack is a Rubygem for building web applications on the Rails framework. In versions on the 8.1 branch prior to 8.1.2.1, the debug exceptions page does not properly escape exception messages. A carefully crafted exception message could inject arbitrary HTML and JavaScript into the page, leading to XSS. This affects applications with detailed exception pages enabled (`config.consider_all_requests_local = true`), which is the default in development. Version 8.1.2.1 contains a patch.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

March 23, 2026 CVE published
March 24, 2026 Record updated