# CVE-2025-55193: Active Record logging vulnerable to ANSI escape injection

- Also known as: GHSA-76R7-HHXJ-R776
- Severity: CVSS 2.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:U
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.1.5.2, 7.2.2.2, 8.0.2.1
- Published: 2025-08-13 · Updated: 2025-08-14

## Affected

- rails: fixed in 7.1.5.2; from 7.2, fixed in 7.2.2.2; from 8.0, fixed in 8.0.2.1
- activerecord (RubyGems): from 8.0, fixed in 8.0.2.1
- activerecord (RubyGems): from 7.2, fixed in 7.2.2.2
- activerecord (RubyGems): fixed in 7.1.5.2

## Description

Active Record connects classes to relational database tables. Prior to versions 7.1.5.2, 7.2.2.2, and 8.0.2.1, the ID passed to find or similar methods may be logged without escaping. If this is directly to the terminal it may include unescaped ANSI sequences. This issue has been patched in versions 7.1.5.2, 7.2.2.2, and 8.0.2.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Ruby on Rails, upgrade to a fixed version (7.1.5.2, 7.2.2.2, 8.0.2.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-76r7-hhxj-r776
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/3beef20013736fd52c5dcfdf061f7999ba318290
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/568c0bc2f1e74c65d150a84b89a080949bf9eb9b
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/6a944ca4805e72050a0fbb1a461534eb760d3202

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