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CVE-2022-32224

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-32224 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting ActiveRecord versions prior to 7.0.3.1, 6.1.6.1, 6.0.5.1, and 5.2.8.1. This flaw arises from the insecure deserialization of YAML serialized columns, allowing an attacker with database manipulation capabilities (e.g., via SQL injection) to escalate privileges to RCE. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 81/100, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered community attention with one mention and one article on Hacker News, indicating awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:activerecord_project:activerecord:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
>= 6.0.0, < 6.0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:activerecord_project:activerecord:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
>= 6.1.0, < 6.1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:activerecord_project:activerecord:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
>= 7.0.0, < 7.0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:activerecord_project:activerecord:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0239 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.13 for RHEL 8Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-activerecord-0:6.1.7-1.el8sat
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 7Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-activerecord-0:6.0.6-2.el7sat
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.11 for RHEL 8Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-activerecord-0:6.0.6-2.el8sat
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 6.12 for RHEL 8Fixed in: tfm-rubygem-activerecord-0:6.0.6-2.el8sat
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: activerecordFixed in: 7.0.3.1
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: activerecordFixed in: 6.0.5.1
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: activerecordFixed in: 5.2.8.1
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: activerecordFixed in: 6.1.6.1

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-3hhc-qp5v-9p2jcritical

Active Record RCE bug with Serialized Columns

Jul 12, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-32224Critical

activerecord: Possible RCE escalation bug with Serialized Columns in Active Record

Jul 12, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00022.html
github.com / advisories/GHSA-3hhc-qp5v-9p2j
PatchThird Party Advisory
groups.google.com / g/rubyonrails-security/c/MmFO3LYQE8U
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory