CVE-2022-23517 (High) detected in rails-html-sanitizer-1.0.3.gem

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CVE-2022-23517 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - rails-html-sanitizer-1.0.3.gem

HTML sanitization for Rails applications

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/rails-html-sanitizer-1.0.3.gem

Path to dependency file: /test/acceptance/workspaces/mono-repo-project/Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /test/acceptance/workspaces/mono-repo-project/Gemfile.lock,/test/acceptance/workspaces/mono-repo-project-manifests-only/Gemfile.lock

Dependency Hierarchy: - actionpack-4.2.5.gem (Root Library) - :x: **rails-html-sanitizer-1.0.3.gem** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 9505f4ca92405cc9273dc3726c2d274ce28a4407

Found in base branch: ALL_HANDS/major-secrets

Vulnerability Details

rails-html-sanitizer is responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications. Certain configurations of rails-html-sanitizer < 1.4.4 use an inefficient regular expression that is susceptible to excessive backtracking when attempting to sanitize certain SVG attributes. This may lead to a denial of service through CPU resource consumption. This issue has been patched in version 1.4.4.

Publish Date: 2022-12-14

URL: CVE-2022-23517

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: None - Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://github.com/rails/rails-html-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-5x79-w82f-gw8w

Release Date: 2022-12-14

Fix Resolution: rails-html-sanitizer - 1.4.4

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