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CVE-2026-33174: Rails Active Storage has a possible DoS vulnerability when in proxy mode via Range requests

March 23, 2026

When serving files through Active Storage’s Blobs::ProxyController, the controller loads the entire requested byte range into memory before sending it. A request with a large or unbounded Range header (e.g. bytes=0-) could cause the server to allocate memory proportional to the file size, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability through memory exhaustion.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-r46p-8f7g-vvvg
  • github.com/rails/rails
  • github.com/rails/rails/commit/2cd933c366b777f873d4d590127da2f4a25e4ba5
  • github.com/rails/rails/commit/42012eaaa88dfc7d0030161b2bc8074a7bbce92a
  • github.com/rails/rails/commit/8159a9c3de3f27a2bcf2866b8bf9ceb9075e229b
  • github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v7.2.3.1
  • github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.0.4.1
  • github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.1.2.1
  • github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-r46p-8f7g-vvvg
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33174

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 8.1.0.beta1 before 8.1.2.1, all versions starting from 8.0.0.beta1 before 8.0.4.1, all versions before 7.2.3.1

Fixed versions

  • 8.1.2.1
  • 8.0.4.1
  • 7.2.3.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 7.2.3.1, 8.0.4.1, 8.1.2.1 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value

Source file

gem/activestorage/CVE-2026-33174.yml

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