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CVE-2014-7829

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD

Directory traversal vulnerability in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/middleware/static.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.21, 4.0.x before 4.0.12, 4.1.x before 4.1.8, and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.beta4, when serve_static_assets is enabled, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the application root via vectors involving a \ (backslash) character, a similar issue to CVE-2014-7818.

Key facts

CVSS score
5.0 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22
EPSS score
4.2% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2017-0245)
Published
November 18, 2014
NVD last modified
June 17, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2017-0245 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • opensuse / opensuse
  • opensuse / opensuse
  • opensuse / opensuse
  • rubyonrails / rails
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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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