CVE-2026-126067 is a low-severity (CVSS 3.1) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in actionpack. A fix is available for actionpack — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Action Pack: Missing SameSite attribute on session cookies from Action Pack session stores
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
Impact
Action Pack session stores other than ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore (CacheStore, MemCacheStore, and third-party stores built on AbstractStore, AbstractSecureStore or the session mixins) write the session cookie without a SameSite attribute, regardless of config.action_dispatch.cookies_same_site_protection, which defaults to :lax. Only CookieStore applies the configured policy. In browsers that do not treat a cookie without the attribute as SameSite=Lax, a cross-site request could carry the session cookie, possibly leading to cross-site request forgery against actions that do not verify an authenticity token, such as those of API-only applications.
Applications are affected when they use a session store other than CookieStore and do not pass same_site: to config.session_store.
Details
In the fixed releases, every session store sets the session cookie's SameSite attribute from cookies_same_site_protection when its options have no :same_site key. An explicit same_site: option, including same_site: nil, and a :same_site value in a store's DEFAULT_OPTIONS still take precedence.
Workarounds
Pass same_site: when configuring the session store, for example config.session_store :cache_store, same_site: :lax.
Releases
The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.
Patches for those who cannot upgrade at once:
- 8.1: https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/2d9f502df941e31ce9bad0e846564f49396bed46.patch
- 8.0: https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/f2392996be723708271a8d30bfcf0edc221e53ef.patch
Credit
This issue was responsibly reported by HackerOne researcher tjvc.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 💎RubyGems | actionpack | ≥ 8.1.0.beta1&&< 8.1.4.1 | 8.1.4.1bundle update actionpack --conservative |
| 💎RubyGems | actionpack | all versions | 8.0.5.2bundle update actionpack --conservative |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for actionpack, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update actionpack to 8.1.4.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-126067 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
Red Hat rates the impact of this vulnerability as Low because successful exploitation requires multiple non-standard application preconditions and user interaction on non-default browser configurations. The issue only affects deployments utilizing alternative, non-cookie session stores that have not explicitly defined…
Explicitly configure the `same_site` attribute when declaring the session store in the Rails application configuration (such as in `config/application.rb` or an environment file in `config/environments/`): ```ruby config.session_store :cache_store, same_site: :lax ``` Substitute `:cache_store` with the specific session store utilized by the application, such as `:mem_cache_store`. Caveats: Enforcing `:lax` or `:strict` SameSite policies may alter cookie transmission during third-party redirects or external identity federation flows. Ensure integrations with external authentication providers function as expected. Warning: Modifying application configuration requires restarting or reloading…Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2026-126067 (CC BY 4.0)
Frequently Asked Questions
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