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#9 SecurityWeek general August 31, 2026 at 11:24 UTC

Critical Ruby on Rails Vulnerability in Attackers’ Crosshairs

By Ionut Arghire

AI Summary

A critical arbitrary file read vulnerability in Ruby on Rails, dubbed KindaRails2Shell, is being actively exploited to extract application secrets and chain into remote code execution. Security teams running Rails applications should audit exposure and apply available patches immediately given confirmed attacker interest in this flaw.

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