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                    "introduced": "0"
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                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
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                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.1"
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                    "fixed": "8.1.4.1"
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                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
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                "range": [
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                    "fixed": "06938194b4fd59e1d2c8ab4a781f3c1e2b763425"
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                ],
                "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "fixed": "c796f6198837479ada13290eb8fa767b5219a58a"
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                "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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                "original_tag": "v8.0.5.2",
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                    "fixed": "3f290b759c8e2ffe7c257951b1255740751355e4"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "REFERENCES_TAG"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            {
              "fixed": "235c597b100321b6bd2d62f8df63707f42b25b2d"
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              "introduced": "1cdd190a25e483b65f1f25bbd0f13a25d696b461"
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            {
              "fixed": "3f290b759c8e2ffe7c257951b1255740751355e4"
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              "fixed": "06938194b4fd59e1d2c8ab4a781f3c1e2b763425"
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            {
              "fixed": "c796f6198837479ada13290eb8fa767b5219a58a"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/rails/rails",
          "type": "GIT"
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  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-v6rj-xm57-3p59"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/126xxx/CVE-2026-126078.json"
  },
  "details": "Action View is a framework for handling view template lookup and rendering and provides view helpers for building HTML. Prior to 8.1.4.1 and 8.0.5.2, ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper#highlight substitutes each matched phrase into the :highlighter string without escaping it and returns the result marked HTML-safe. Because sanitizing leaves quote characters in text unescaped, a match substituted into a quoted attribute value of the highlighter, such as the \u003ca href=\"search?q=\\1\"\u003e form shown in the method's documentation, could end the attribute value and add attributes to the element, possibly leading to XSS. Applications are affected when they pass a :highlighter that places a placeholder inside an attribute value and highlight text or phrases that a user controls. The default \u003cmark\u003e\\1\u003c/mark\u003e highlighter and the block form are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 8.1.4.1 and 8.0.5.2.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-126078",
  "modified": "2026-11-12T02:31:14.583926707Z",
  "published": "2026-11-10T21:00:49.416Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.0.5.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.1.4.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/126xxx/CVE-2026-126078.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-v6rj-xm57-3p59"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-126078"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/06938194b4fd59e1d2c8ab4a781f3c1e2b763425"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/c796f6198837479ada13290eb8fa767b5219a58a"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.9.2",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Action View: Possible XSS vulnerability in Action View highlight helper"
}