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CVE-2023-22794

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-02-09 · updated 2026-10-23
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

A vulnerability in ActiveRecord <6.0.6.1, v6.1.7.1 and v7.0.4.1 related to the sanitization of comments. If malicious user input is passed to either the `annotate` query method, the `optimizer_hints` query method, or through the QueryLogs interface which automatically adds annotations, it may be sent to the database withinsufficient sanitization and be able to inject SQL outside of the comment.

Affected products

• Activerecord Project Activerecord: from 6.0.0 before 6.0.6.1; from 6.1.0 before 6.1.7.1; from 7.0.0 before 7.0.4.1 — fixed in 6.0.6.1, 6.1.7.1, 7.0.4.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Activerecord Project Activerecord 6.0.6.1, 6.1.7.1, 7.0.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-22794-sql-injection-vulnerability-via-activerecord-comments/82117
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240202-0008/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5372
• https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-22794-sql-injection-vulnerability-via-activerecord-comments/82117
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240202-0008/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5372

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