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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-22942

A possible open redirect vulnerability in the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack >= 6.0.0 that could allow attackers to redirect users to a malicious website.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:52 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-22942

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Oct 2021, 13:15 UTC

A possible open redirect vulnerability in the Host Authorization middleware in Action Pack >= 6.0.0 that could allow attackers to redirect users to a malicious website.

osv:CVE-2021-22942
Complete source record
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      "references": [
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        "https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2021/8/19/Rails-6-0-4-1-and-6-1-4-1-have-been-released/",
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