CVE-2026-46727

Summary

CVECVE-2026-46727
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-05-22 18:16:22 UTC
Updated2026-05-26 14:22:08 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Ruby 4 before 4.0.5. A race condition leading to a use-after-free in the pthread-based getaddrinfo timeout handler (rb_getaddrinfo in ext/socket/raddrinfo.c) allows a remote attacker who can delay DNS responses near the user-specified timeout to crash a Ruby process that calls Addrinfo.getaddrinfo(..., timeout:) or Socket.tcp(..., resolv_timeout:). Memory-corruption-based exploitation is theoretically possible. The attack could, for example, be carried out through a crafted authoritative DNS server or recursive resolver.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.1 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.001610000 probability, percentile 0.367030000 (date 2026-05-28)

Problem Types: CWE-362 | CWE-362 CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ruby-lang Ruby All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Ruby-lang Ruby affected 4.0.0 4.0.5 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/05/20/getaddrinfo-cve-2026-46727 [email protected] www.ruby-lang.org Vendor Advisory
hackerone.com/reports/3607434 [email protected] hackerone.com Permissions Required
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