view_component is a framework for building reusable, testable, and encapsulated view components in Ruby on Rails. From 4.0.0 until 4.12.0, ViewComponent::Base#around_render can return HTML-unsafe strings that bypass the escaping behavior applied to normal #call return values. This creates an XSS risk when downstream applications use around_render to wrap, replace, instrument, or conditionally return content that includes user-controlled data, and ViewComponent::Collection#render_in can amplify the issue by joining per-item results and marking the entire output html_safe, converting raw unsafe output into an ActiveSupport::SafeBuffer. This issue is fixed in version 4.12.0.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://github.com/ViewComponent/view_component/commit/48e5fd2d602344c7d33019fbc5c8b087e315bb78 Patch
- https://github.com/ViewComponent/view_component/commit/6796b2e89d0bd7b9d7d763a86275e5334731dd61 Patch
- https://github.com/ViewComponent/view_component/security/advisories/GHSA-97jw-64cj-jc58 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ViewComponent/view_component/security/advisories/GHSA-97jw-64cj-jc58 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.7 · viewcomponentNVD modified 2026-10-24 20:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:viewcomponent:view_component:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
References 5
- https://github.com/ViewComponent/view_component/commit/48e5fd2d602344c7d33019fbc5c8b087e315bb78 Patch
- https://github.com/ViewComponent/view_component/commit/6796b2e89d0bd7b9d7d763a86275e5334731dd61 Patch
- https://github.com/ViewComponent/view_component/releases/tag/v4.12.0 Product, Release Notes
- https://github.com/ViewComponent/view_component/security/advisories/GHSA-97jw-64cj-jc58 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ViewComponent/view_component/security/advisories/GHSA-97jw-64cj-jc58 Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory