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CVE-2022-32224 critical CVSS 9.8

Unsafe Deserialization in activerecord (CVE-2022-32224)

Summary

Vulnerability in activerecord (CVE-2022-32224). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.2.8.1 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

When serialized columns that use YAML (the default) are deserialized, Rails uses YAML.unsafe_load to convert the YAML data in to Ruby objects. If an attacker can manipulate data in the database (via means like SQL injection), then it may be possible for the attacker to escalate to an RCE.

There are no feasible workarounds for this issue, but other coders (such as JSON) are not impacted.

Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-32224 has been found in activerecord.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: upgrade activerecord to 5.2.8.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "activerecord CVE-2022-32224" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2022-32224 (activerecord) — CWE-502 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 5.2.8.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

Unsafe deserialization (CWE-502) exists in activerecord.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of activerecord.

🔥 Severity

Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 5.2.8.1.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'activerecord' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify 
    grep -r 'activerecord' . | grep -v node_modules

    リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で activerecord を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。

  2. 2
    Apply patch patch 
    Upgrade activerecord to 5.2.8.1

    ステージング環境で 5.2.8.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。

  3. 3
    Post-deployment verification verify 
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

rubygems activerecord
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.2.8.1"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

References

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