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CVE-2024-0241: encoded_id-rails Denial of Service Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-01-04 · updated 2026-07-14
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

encoded_id-rails versions before 1.0.0.beta2 are affected by an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker might cause a denial of service condition by sending an HTTP request with an extremely long "id" parameter.

Affected products

• Diaconou Encodedid::Rails: before 1.0.0; 1.0.0, 1.0.0-beta1 — fixed in 1.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Diaconou Encodedid::Rails 1.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3px7-jm2p-6h2c
• https://github.com/stevegeek/encoded_id-rails/commit/afa495a77b8a21ad582611f9cdc2081dc4018b91
• https://github.com/stevegeek/encoded_id-rails/security/advisories/GHSA-3px7-jm2p-6h2c
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-3px7-jm2p-6h2c
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3px7-jm2p-6h2c
• https://github.com/stevegeek/encoded_id-rails/commit/afa495a77b8a21ad582611f9cdc2081dc4018b91
• https://github.com/stevegeek/encoded_id-rails/security/advisories/GHSA-3px7-jm2p-6h2c
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/vc-advisory-GHSA-3px7-jm2p-6h2c

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