CVE-2026-44837CWE-187

view_component: System Test Entry Point Path Check Allows Sibling Directory Escape

Medium · published May 26, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

view_component is a framework for building reusable, testable, and encapsulated view components in Ruby on Rails. From 3.0.0 to 4.9.0, the system test entrypoint canonicalizes a user-controlled file path with File.realpath, then checks whether the resolved path starts with the temp directory path. This is not a safe containment check because sibling directories can share the same string prefix. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.9.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00367 · 29.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-187 · Partial String Comparison
Published
2026-05-26T19:40Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 MAY 19:40Z
    view_component: System Test Entry Point Path Check Allows Sibling Directory Escape
    cvelistv5