CVE-2026-126078

NameCVE-2026-126078
DescriptionAction View is a framework for handling view template lookup and rendering and provides view helpers for building HTML. Prior to 8.1.4.1 and 8.0.5.2, ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper#highlight substitutes each matched phrase into the :highlighter string without escaping it and returns the result marked HTML-safe. Because sanitizing leaves quote characters in text unescaped, a match substituted into a quoted attribute value of the highlighter, such as the <a href="search?q=\1"> form shown in the method's documentation, could end the attribute value and add attributes to the element, possibly leading to XSS. Applications are affected when they pass a :highlighter that places a placeholder inside an attribute value and highlight text or phrases that a user controls. The default <mark>\1</mark> highlighter and the block form are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 8.1.4.1 and 8.0.5.2.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rails (PTS)bookworm2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u2vulnerable
bookworm (security)2:6.1.7.10+dfsg-1~deb12u3vulnerable
trixie2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2~deb13u1vulnerable
trixie (security)2:7.2.2.2+dfsg-2~deb13u2vulnerable
forky2:7.2.4+dfsg-1vulnerable
sid2:7.2.4+dfsg-2vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
railssource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-v6rj-xm57-3p59

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