{
    "id": "CVE-2016-0752",
    "published": "2016-02-16 02:59:06",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:38:09",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-22",
    "description": "Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method and providing a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.",
    "epss_score": "0.95537",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99869",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-04-15",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:20:21",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-04-15."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "opensuse",
            "product": "leap"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "opensuse",
            "product": "opensuse"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "software_collections"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "rubyonrails",
            "product": "rails"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "suse",
            "product": "linux_enterprise_module_for_containers"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2016-0752",
        "date_added": "2022-03-25",
        "due_date": "2022-04-15",
        "vendor": "Rails",
        "product": "Ruby on Rails",
        "name": "Ruby on Rails Directory Traversal Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40561",
            "title": "Ruby on Rails - Dynamic Render File Upload / Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2016-10-17",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178044.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178069.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816",
        "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/335P1DcLG00/JXcBnTtZEgAJ",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178044.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178069.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/13",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81801",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816",
        "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/335P1DcLG00/JXcBnTtZEgAJ",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40561/",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0752"
    ]
}