# CVE-2023-22797: An open redirect vulnerability is fixed in Rails 7.0.4.1 with the new protection against open redirects from calling redirect\_to with untrus

- Also known as: GHSA-9445-4CR6-336R
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.0.4.1
- Published: 2023-02-09 · Updated: 2025-03-24

## Affected

- n/a https://github.com/rails/rails: 7.0.4.1
- actionpack (RubyGems): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.0.4.1

## Description

An open redirect vulnerability is fixed in Rails 7.0.4.1 with the new protection against open redirects from calling redirect_to with untrusted user input. In prior versions the developer was fully responsible for only providing trusted input. However the check introduced could allow an attacker to bypass with a carefully crafted URL resulting in an open redirect vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ruby on Rails, upgrade to a fixed version (7.0.4.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-22799-possible-redos-based-dos-vulnerability-in-globalid/82127

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