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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2023-22794

A vulnerability in ActiveRecord <6.0.6.1, v6.1.7.1 and v7.0.4.1 related to the sanitization of comments. If malicious user input is passed to either the `annotate` query method, the `optimizer_hints` query method, or through the QueryLogs interface which automatically adds annotations, it may be sent to the database withinsufficient sanitization and be able to inject SQL outside of the comment.

Products
rails
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1
CVEs
CVE-2023-22794
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 04:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-22794

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Feb 2023, 20:15 UTC

A vulnerability in ActiveRecord <6.0.6.1, v6.1.7.1 and v7.0.4.1 related to the sanitization of comments. If malicious user input is passed to either the `annotate` query method, the `optimizer_hints` query method, or through the QueryLogs interface which automatically adds annotations, it may be sent to the database withinsufficient sanitization and be able to inject SQL outside of the comment.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-22794

rails

Fixed versions: 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1

rails

Fixed versions: 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1

rails

Fixed versions: 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1

Complete source record
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