# CVE-2021-22903: The actionpack ruby gem before 6.1.3.2 suffers from a possible open redirect vulnerability.

- Also known as: GHSA-5HQ2-XF89-9JXQ
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.3.2
- Published: 2021-06-11 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a https://github.com/rails/rails: Fixed in 6.1.3.2
- actionpack (RubyGems): from 6.1.0.rc2, fixed in 6.1.3.2

## Description

The actionpack ruby gem before 6.1.3.2 suffers from a possible open redirect vulnerability. Specially crafted Host headers in combination with certain "allowed host" formats can cause the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack to redirect users to a malicious website. This is similar to CVE-2021-22881. Strings in config.hosts that do not have a leading dot are converted to regular expressions without proper escaping. This causes, for example, `config.hosts << "sub.example.com"` to permit a request with a Host header value of `sub-example.com`.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ruby on Rails, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.3.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://hackerone.com/reports/1148025
- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2021-22903-possible-open-redirect-vulnerability-in-action-pack/77867

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