CVE-2026-54498 — Security Box Score

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CVE-2026-54498HIGH

ViewComponent view_component — view_component: around_render HTML-Safety Bypass

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   L   R  C  H  H  N    8.7   .0031   24.0     —

AFFECTED
  Product         Versions              Fixed
  view_component  >= 4.0.0, < 4.12.0 –  —

TIMELINE
  Jun 15  Reserved by GitHub_M
  Jul 17  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-54498 (ViewComponent view_component). Public exploit reference added.
  Jul 17  Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
  Jul 29  EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-54498 (ViewComponent view_component). Public exploit reference added.

CWE-79 · CNA: GitHub_M · CVSS v3.1 · 4 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 4 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
June 15, 2026	Reserved	Reserved by GitHub_M
July 17, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-54498 (ViewComponent view_component). Public exploit reference added.
July 17, 2026	Published	Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
July 29, 2026	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED	EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-54498 (ViewComponent view_component). Public exploit reference added.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
ViewComponent	view_component	—	>= 4.0.0, < 4.12.0	—

Weaknesses

CWE-79

References (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/releases/tag/v4.12.0 [Product, Release Notes]
https://github.com/ViewComponent/view_component/security/advisories/GHSA-97jw-64cj-jc58 [Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory]

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-54498 at cve.org

Vendors: viewcomponent

Weaknesses: CWE-79

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