CVE-2026-33176
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CVE-2026-33176 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. Active Support is a toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, Active Support number helpers accept strings containing scientific notation (e.g. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Active Support is a toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, Active Support number helpers accept strings containing scientific notation (e.g. `1e10000`), which `BigDecimal` expands into extremely large decimal representations. This can cause excessive memory allocation and CPU consumption when the expanded number is formatted, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability. Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Rubyonrails | Rails | < 7.2.3.1 |
| Rubyonrails | Rails | >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.4.1 |
| Rubyonrails | Rails | >= 8.1.0, < 8.1.2.1 |
References
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v7.2.3.1Release Notes
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.0.4.1Release Notes
- https://github.com/rails/rails/releases/tag/v8.1.2.1Release Notes
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