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  1. Vulnerability reported by Cyber Security NewsCritical Ruby on Rails Active Storage flaw lets attackers access server files via crafted image uploads
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Critical Ruby on Rails Active Storage flaw lets attackers access server files via crafted image uploads

Rails passes uploads to , which chooses its file handler based on file contents and can act on other files named inside an image. Unauthenticated users can trigger file writes, and file reads where the Disk service is used, by attaching a crafted upload, with a CVSS score of 9.8. Fixed releases are activestorage 8.0.5.2 and 8.1.4.1, and the fix ships an ImageMagick policy that blocks the risky coders.

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