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high 7.5

CVE-2012-2671 json

Rack-Cache caches sensitive headers

published 2012-06-17 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-hrp6-w4v2-8737 , EUVD-2022-4211

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Rack::Cache rubygem 0.3.0 through 1.1 caches Set-Cookie and other sensitive headers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive cookie information, hijack web sessions, or have other unspecified impact by accessing the cache.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems rack-cache 1.2
  • ruby-rack-cache Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2671

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-2671 updated cvss 4.3

rubygem-rack-cache: caches sensitive headers (such as Set-Cookie)

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems rack-cache
>=0.3.0, <1.2
1.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-525 Use of Web Browser Cache Containing Sensitive Information

References

Sources

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