AlchemyCMS Alchemy Cms vulnerabilities
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Published CVEs affecting AlchemyCMS Alchemy Cms: 1 record(s), with affected versions and fixes.cpe:2.3:a:alchemy-cms:alchemy_cms
CVE-2026-23885
Critical · 9.9
CWE-95 Jan 19, 2026
AlchemyCMS has Authenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) via eval injection in ResourcesHelper
Alchemy is an open source content management system engine written in Ruby on Rails. Prior to versions 7.4.12 and 8.0.3, the application uses the Ruby `eval()` function to dynamically execute a string provided by the `resource_handler.engine_name` attribute in `Alchemy::ResourcesHelper#resource_url_proxy`. The vulnerability exists in `app/helpers/alchemy/resources_helper.rb` at line 28. The code explicitly bypasses security linting with `# rubocop:disable Security/Eval`, indicating that the use of a dangerous function was known but not properly mitigated. Since `engine_name` is sourced from module definitions that can be influenced by administrative configurations, it allows an authenticated attacker to escape the Ruby sandbox and execute arbitrary system commands on the host OS. Versions 7.4.12 and 8.0.3 fix the issue by replacing `eval()` with `send()`.