Active Record logging vulnerable to ANSI escape injection

LOW 2.7CVE-2025-55193 · GHSA-76r7-hhxj-r776 · Published 13/08/2025 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
activerecord RubyGems	`≥ 7.2, < 7.2.2.2≥ 8.0, < 8.0.2.1< 7.1.5.2`	`7.2.2.28.0.2.17.1.5.2`

Description

This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-55193

Impact

The ID passed to find or similar methods may be logged without escaping. If this is directly to the terminal it may include unescaped ANSI sequences.

Releases

The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.

Credits

Thanks to lio346 from Unit 515 of OPSWAT for reporting this vulnerability

NVD description

Active Record connects classes to relational database tables. Prior to versions 7.1.5.2, 7.2.2.2, and 8.0.2.1, the ID passed to find or similar methods may be logged without escaping. If this is directly to the terminal it may include unescaped ANSI sequences. This issue has been patched in versions 7.1.5.2, 7.2.2.2, and 8.0.2.1.

References

rails/rails security advisory · WEB
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55193 · ADVISORY
rails/rails commit 3beef20 · WEB
rails/rails commit 568c0bc · WEB
rails/rails commit 6a944ca · WEB
rails/rails · PACKAGE
rubysec/ruby-advisory-db · WEB

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