CVE-2020-8163
Improper Control of Generation of Code
Description
The is a code injection vulnerability in versions of Rails prior to 5.0.1 that wouldallow an attacker who controlled the `locals` argument of a `render` call to perform a RCE.
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Key data
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.
- Score
- 0.82465 (82.5% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.7%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
Weakness (CWE)
CWE catalog version 5.0.
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- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code
Affected products
Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.
https://github.com/rails/rails
- affected: Fixed in 4.2.11.2
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Timeline
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