CVE•Published 2022-12-05•Modified 2026-05-11•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2022-32224Activerecord_project · Activerecord
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
83
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 17% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A possible escalation to RCE vulnerability exists when using YAML serialized columns in Active Record < 7.0.3.1, <6.1.6.1, <6.0.5.1 and <5.2.8.1 which could allow an attacker, that can manipulate data in the database (via means like SQL injection), the ability to escalate to an RCE.
Timeline
Published 2022-12-05
Modified 2026-05-11
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2022-32224Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Activerecord Project Activerecord"All exposed Activerecord Project Activerecord instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Activerecord"HTTP body or banner mentions "Activerecord" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2022-32224Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2022-32224Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2022-32224Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2022-32224GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2022-32224" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2022-32224 on GitHub.