CVE-2016-3693

Published: May 20, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

8.1

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.2 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

The 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.

Affected (1)

Products: Safemode Project: Safemode

Safemode Project

1 product

Safemode

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Safemode Project Safemode	Up to 1.2.3

Related CWEs

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

CWE-264

References (14)

http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/14635

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rubysec.com/advisories/CVE-2016-3693/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://theforeman.org/security.html#2016-3693

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/8

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://github.com/svenfuchs/safemode/commit/0f764a1720a3a68fd2842e21377c8bfad6d7126f

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://github.com/theforeman/foreman/commit/82f9b93c54f72c5814df6bab7fad057eab65b2f2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/14635