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Critical Rails Active Storage Bug Allows Remote Code Execution

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

CVE-2026-66066 affects Active Storage when using libvips for image variant processing. Attackers can read arbitrary files and potentially execute code remotely. Patches are available for Rails 7.2.3.2, 8.0.5.1, and 8.1.3.1.

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The advisory's blunt recommendation to rotate secrets underscores that patching alone may not be enough if exploitation already occurred.
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