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CVE-2025-25184GHSA-7G2V-JJ9Q-G3RG

Possible Log Injection in Rack::CommonLogger

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.2.11, 3.0.12, 3.1.10
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Rack provides an interface for developing web applications in Ruby. Prior to versions 2.2.11, 3.0.12, and 3.1.10, Rack::CommonLogger can be exploited by crafting input that includes newline characters to manipulate log entries. The supplied proof-of-concept demonstrates injecting malicious content into logs. When a user provides the authorization credentials via Rack::Auth::Basic, if success, the username will be put in env['REMOTE_USER'] and later be used by Rack::CommonLogger for logging purposes. The issue occurs when a server intentionally or unintentionally allows a user creation with the username contain CRLF and white space characters, or the server just want to log every login attempts. If an attacker enters a username with CRLF character, the logger will log the malicious username with CRLF characters into the logfile. Attackers can break log formats or insert fraudulent entries, potentially obscuring real activity or injecting malicious data into log files. Versions 2.2.11, 3.0.12, and 3.1.10 contain a fix.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • rack rack

    fixed in 2.2.11; From 3.0 · fixed in 3.0.12; From 3.1 · fixed in 3.1.10

  • rackRubyGems

    fixed in 2.2.11

  • rackRubyGems

    From 3.0 · fixed in 3.0.12

  • rackRubyGems

    From 3.1 · fixed in 3.1.10

References 2

GitHub · rack/rack