CVE-2016-3693

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-3693
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-05-20 14:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe Safemode gem before 1.2.4 for Ruby, when initialized with a delegate object that is a Rails controller, allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via the inspect method.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.1 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | CWE-264 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.1HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Safemode Project Safemode All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Foreman :: Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 theforeman.org
oss-security - CVE-2016-3693: Foreman application information leakage through templates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE-2016-3693 (safemode): Safemode Gem for Ruby is vulnerable to information disclosure - RubySec af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rubysec.com Vendor Advisory
Bug #14635: CVE-2016-3693 - `inspect` in a provisioning template exposes sensitive controller information - Foreman af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.theforeman.org
Fixes #14635 - bump safemode version to fix the unwanted inspect issue · theforeman/foreman@82f9b93 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Remove `inspect` from allowed methods · svenfuchs/safemode@0f764a1 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
CVE-2016-3693 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
1327471 – (CVE-2016-3693) CVE-2016-3693 foreman: inspect in a provisioning template exposes sensitive controller information MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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