rails-action-cable
Audited by Socket on Sep 22, 2026
3 alerts found:
Anomalyx2SecurityThe code is an ordinary Action Cable example collection and shows no evidence of malicious supply-chain behavior. It contains moderate application security risks: unescaped user-derived values are inserted into innerHTML in multiple client functions, and full user objects are broadcast unnecessarily. Use textContent or robust contextual escaping, broadcast only required fields, and validate and limit WebSocket payloads server-side.
No malicious behavior is evident. The code is Action Cable integration documentation, but several examples contain security and correctness issues: unescaped server data is inserted into HTML, an authentication token is placed in a WebSocket query string, event listeners are improperly removed, and reconnection mutates internal subscription state. The rendering examples should use textContent or a trusted escaping strategy, tokens should be handled without URL leakage where possible, and bound handler references should be retained for cleanup.
The fragment appears to be benign Rails Action Cable documentation or application code, not malware. The primary security concern is authorization: DocumentChannel exposes a document by client-supplied ID and allows a client-supplied attribute name to be updated without a visible allowlist or permission check. These issues require review of surrounding callbacks, model protections, and authorization code, which are not shown. No malicious behavior or obfuscation is evident.