Active Storage: Possible circumvention of file size limits in Active Storage direct uploads to Google Cloud Storage

Summary

CVECVE-2026-126085
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-11-10 22:18:31 UTC
Updated2026-11-10 22:18:31 UTC
DescriptionActive Storage makes it simple to upload and reference files in cloud services and attach those files to Active Record objects. Prior to 8.1.4.1 and 8.0.5.2, ActiveStorage::Service::GCSService#url_for_direct_upload does not bind the declared content length into the signed direct-upload URL, and #headers_for_direct_upload returns no length constraint, so the URL authorizes an upload body of any size. A direct-upload client could store a file larger than the byte_size it declared, and the resulting blob keeps the declared size, possibly bypassing application file size validations and quotas. This is the weakness that CVE-2020-8162 fixed in the S3 service. Applications that store files in Google Cloud Storage and accept direct uploads are affected. This issue is fixed in versions 8.1.4.1 and 8.0.5.2.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-602 | CWE-602 CWE-602: Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

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

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Rails Rails affected >= 8.1, < 8.1.4.1 Not specified
CNA Rails Rails affected < 8.0.5.2 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-hfr4-8rjc-97m2 [email protected] github.com
github.com/rails/rails/commit/e19916cea31cbfb0030b165ae853b741f8dd57a7 [email protected] github.com
github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.1.4.1 [email protected] github.com
github.com/rails/rails/commit/7fe85a72a789eae5ee070ce3ee1dad10a8a5f70c [email protected] github.com
github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.0.5.2 [email protected] github.com
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