CVE-2026-33174 PUBLISHED

Rails Active Storage has a possible DoS vulnerability when in proxy mode via Range requests

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 17.03.2026 Published: 23.03.2026 Updated: 24.03.2026

Active Storage allows users to attach cloud and local files in Rails applications. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, when serving files through Active Storage's proxy delivery mode, the proxy controller loads the entire requested byte range into memory before sending it. A request with a large or unbounded Range header (e.g. bytes=0-) could cause the server to allocate memory proportional to the file size, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability through memory exhaustion. Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
CVSS Score: 6.6

Product Status

Vendor rails
Product activestorage
Versions
  • Version >= 8.1.0.beta1, < 8.1.2.1 is affected
  • Version >= 8.0.0.beta1, < 8.0.4.1 is affected
  • Version < 7.2.3.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value CWE