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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-3693

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.

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CVE-2016-3693
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31 Oct 2026, 09:39 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-3693

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 May 2016, 14:59 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2016-3693
Complete source record
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