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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-50448

In ActiveAdmin (aka Active Admin) before 2.12.0, a concurrency issue allows a malicious actor to access potentially private data (that belongs to another user) by making CSV export requests at certain specific times.

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CVE-2023-50448
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4 Nov 2026, 18:16 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2023-50448

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Dec 2023, 00:00 UTC

In ActiveAdmin (aka Active Admin) before 2.12.0, a concurrency issue allows a malicious actor to access potentially private data (that belongs to another user) by making CSV export requests at certain specific times.

osv:CVE-2023-50448
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50448",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "In ActiveAdmin (aka Active Admin) before 2.12.0, a concurrency issue allows a malicious actor to access potentially private data (that belongs to another user) by making CSV export requests at certain specific times.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-50448",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
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              "type": "GIT",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:38.292607989Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/50xxx/CVE-2023-50448.json",
        "https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/security/advisories/GHSA-356j-hg45-x525",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50448",
        "https://github.com/activeadmin/activeadmin/pull/7336"
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 505634,
  "published_at": "2023-12-28T00:00:00+00:00"
}