Rails patches critical Active Storage flaw with RCE potential

2026-08-01T19:23:20Z2787e4ef84fa260a4ee1ec323b65d8e347b438b8c8201030f9b459361ac27c61
AI-assisted-attacksAURActive-StorageNorth-Korea-linked-threat-actorsPLCsPyPIRailsShinyHuntersTeamCityVMwarearbitrary-file-readauthentication-bypasscloud-securitycryptocurrency-theftdata-breachindustrial-control-systemsmalwarenpmransomwareremote-code-executionsoftware-supply-chainvirtual-machine-escapevulnerabilitywater-utilities

What happened

Security news feed covering critical software vulnerabilities, cloud and enterprise data breaches, software supply-chain compromises, attacks on industrial control systems, AI-assisted cyber operations, malware distribution, and threat actor activity. Notable issues include unauthenticated arbitrary file read with potential RCE in Rails Active Storage, critical TeamCity authentication bypass leading to RCE, critical VMware flaws enabling authentication bypass and virtual machine escape, malicious AUR and npm package takeovers, and attacks targeting exposed water-sector PLCs.

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

Source ID
bleepingcomputer
Record identifier
2787e4ef84fa260a4ee1ec323b65d8e347b438b8c8201030f9b459361ac27c61
Enrichment time
2026-08-01T19:23:20Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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