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CVE-2023-50448

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-12-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-1236

Description

In ActiveAdmin (aka Active Admin) before 2.12.0, a concurrency issue allows a malicious actor to access potentially private data (that belongs to another user) by making CSV export requests at certain specific times.

Affected products

• Activeadmin: before 2.12.0 — fixed in 2.12.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Activeadmin 2.12.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/pull/7336
• https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/security/advisories/GHSA-356j-hg45-x525
• https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/pull/7336
• https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/security/advisories/GHSA-356j-hg45-x525

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