GHSA-rgr4-9jh5-j4j6 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Rack vulnerable to Denial of Service via large parameter depth request
lib/rack/utils.rb in Rack before 1.5.4 and 1.6.x before 1.6.2, as used with Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.x and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SystemStackError) via a request with a large parameter depth.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-3225 is rated Moderate Risk (47.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.78%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 13.25% | 7.78% | -5.47% |
| 2 | 2026-04-20 | 10.46% | 13.25% | +2.79% |
| 3 | 2026-03-26 | — | 10.46% | — |
Full EPSS history (42 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-rgr4-9jh5-j4j6 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rubygems — Rack vulnerable to Denial of Service via large parameter depth request
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2015-3225 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ruby-rack), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3225 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3225 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2015-3225 severity moderate: SUSE including 265 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 272 product×package rows across 13 product lines (SUSE Enterprise Storage 1.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 2, … (13 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 41. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3225/ |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2015-3225 low priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (librack-ruby, ruby-rack, ruby-rack1.4), 57 status rows across 19 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 34, not-affected 10, ignored 8, released 3, needed 1, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3225 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| rack_project | rack | <= 1.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rack_project | rack | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rack_project | rack | 1.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.1 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.2 | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164173.html | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165180.html | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00040.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00043.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00044.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/14 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2290.html | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3322 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75232 | |
| https://github.com/rack/rack/blob/master/HISTORY.md | Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/gcUbICUmKMc/qiCotVZwXrMJ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |