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CVE-2026-42205: avo · Improper Access Control

Affects avoSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High : upgrade to 3.31.2 soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 22% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 3.31.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 May 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade avo to 3.31.2.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
avo-hqavoAffected
  • <3.31.2
Fixed in
  • 3.31.2
RubyGemsavopkg:gem/avoOther threatsAffected
  • <3.31.2
Fixed in
  • 3.31.2

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AI-suggested

Upgrade the Avo framework to version 3.31.2 or later, where this access control vulnerability has been patched. No other mitigations are indicated or required once the update is applied.

Description

Avo is a framework to create admin panels for Ruby on Rails apps. Prior to version 3.31.2, a broken access control vulnerability was identified in the ActionsController of the Avo framework. Due to insecure action lookup logic, an authenticated user can execute any Action class (descendants of Avo::BaseAction) on any resource, even if the action is not registered for that specific resource. This leads to Privilege Escalation and unauthorized data manipulation across the entire application. This issue has been patched in version 3.31.2.

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