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CVE-2016-3693

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score0.0110%
EPSS Percentile4.37th
PublishedMay 20, 2016
Last ModifiedMay 6, 2026

Vulnerability Description

The Safemode gem before 1.2.4 for Ruby, when initialized with a delegate object that is a Rails controller, allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via the inspect method.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Safemode Project

Safemode

<= 1.2.3

References & Advisories

🔗 http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/14635
🔗 http://rubysec.com/advisories/CVE-2016-3693/
🔗 http://theforeman.org/security.html#2016-3693
🔗 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/8
🔗 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
🔗 https://github.com/svenfuchs/safemode/commit/0f764a1720a3a68fd2842e21377c8bfad6d7126f
🔗 https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/commit/82f9b93c54f72c5814df6bab7fad057eab65b2f2
🔗 http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/14635

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