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MEDIUM

CVE-2020-8166

CVSS v3

4.3

MEDIUM

EPSS Score

1.7 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

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SSVC status

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Affected and fixed versions

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • actionpackRubyGemsfrom 6.0.0 · fixed in 6.0.3.1

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2020-8166 Red Hat Product Security1,474 products fixed · 2 known affected

    rubygem-actionpack: ability to forge per-form CSRF tokens given a global CSRF token

    cfme-gemset as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5 · cfme-gemset.src as a component of CloudForms Management Engine 5

  • RHSA-2021:1313 Red Hat Product Security1,445 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Satellite 6.9 Release

Full record on NVD

Description

A CSRF forgery vulnerability exists in rails < 5.2.5, rails < 6.0.4 that makes it possible for an attacker to, given a global CSRF token such as the one present in the authenticity_token meta tag, forge a per-form CSRF token.

Technical details

Published
2020-07-02

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8166?

A CSRF forgery vulnerability exists in rails < 5.2.5, rails < 6.0.4 that makes it possible for an attacker to, given a global CSRF token such as the one present in the authenticity_token meta tag, forge a per-form CSRF token.

Is CVE-2020-8166 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-8166 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.7% on 2026-10-19, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-8166?

CVE-2020-8166 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM severity).

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