CVE-2026-44837 PUBLISHED

view_component: System Test Entry Point Path Check Allows Sibling Directory Escape

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 07.05.2026 Published: 26.05.2026 Updated: 26.05.2026

view_component is a framework for building reusable, testable, and encapsulated view components in Ruby on Rails. From 3.0.0 to 4.9.0, the system test entrypoint canonicalizes a user-controlled file path with File.realpath, then checks whether the resolved path starts with the temp directory path. This is not a safe containment check because sibling directories can share the same string prefix. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.9.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.9

Product Status

Vendor ViewComponent
Product view_component
Versions
  • Version >= 3.0.0, < 4.9.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-187: Partial String Comparison CWE