CVE-2016-2097

21

FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2097 is a directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails versions before 3.2.22.2 and 4.x before 4.1.14.2. This flaw, an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-0752, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by manipulating the render method with ".." in a pathname. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), it can be exploited over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:-::::::
		4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:beta::::::
		4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:rc1::::::
		4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.0:rc2::::::
		4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:4.0.1:-::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

1.4

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

4.42%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

90.4%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0442 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (56)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-0:4.1.5-5.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-0:4.1.5-5.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: ror40-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.0.2-7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-1:4.0.2-6.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: ror40-rubygem-activesupport-1:4.0.2-4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-1:3.2.8-16.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-activerecord-1:3.2.8-11.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-activesupport-1:3.2.8-6.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ror40-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.0.2-7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-1:4.0.2-6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ror40-rubygem-activesupport-1:4.0.2-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-1:3.2.8-16.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ruby193-rubygem-activerecord-1:3.2.8-11.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ruby193-rubygem-activesupport-1:3.2.8-6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-0:4.1.5-5.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: ror40-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.0.2-7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-1:4.0.2-6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: ror40-rubygem-activesupport-1:4.0.2-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-1:3.2.8-16.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-activerecord-1:3.2.8-11.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-activesupport-1:3.2.8-6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-0:4.1.5-5.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: ror40-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.0.2-7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-1:4.0.2-6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: ror40-rubygem-activesupport-1:4.0.2-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-1:3.2.8-16.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-activerecord-1:3.2.8-11.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-activesupport-1:3.2.8-6.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-4.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-0:4.1.5-5.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ror40-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.0.2-7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-1:4.0.2-6.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ror40-rubygem-activesupport-1:4.0.2-4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-1:3.2.8-16.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ruby193-rubygem-activerecord-1:3.2.8-11.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ruby193-rubygem-activesupport-1:3.2.8-6.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionview-0:4.1.5-5.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: ror40-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.0.2-7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: ror40-rubygem-activerecord-1:4.0.2-6.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: ror40-rubygem-activesupport-1:4.0.2-4.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack-1:3.2.8-16.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-activerecord-1:3.2.8-11.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-activesupport-1:3.2.8-6.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUSFixed in: rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack-1:4.1.5-4.el7

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa

Product: actionviewFixed in: 4.1.14.2

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa

Product: actionpackFixed in: 3.2.22.2

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa

Product: actionpackFixed in: 4.1.14.2

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa

Product: actionviewFixed in: 3.2.22.2

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.3Fixed in: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: rubygem-actionpack

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: CloudForms Management Engine 5.2Fixed in: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack

Vendor Advisories (2)

rubygemsGHSA-vx9j-46rh-fqr8medium

actionview contains Path Traversal vulnerability

redhatCVE-2016-2097Important

rubygem-actionpack: directory traversal in Action View, incomplete CVE-2016-0752 fix

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00080.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00083.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00006.html

groups.google.com / forum/message/raw

weblog.rubyonrails.org / 2016/2/29/Rails-4-2-5-2-4-1-14-2-3-2-22-2-have-been-released

PatchVendor Advisory

debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3509

securityfocus.com / bid/83726

securitytracker.com / id/1035122