CVE-2026-125111 PUBLISHED

Rack: Multipart parsing allows DoS via unbounded scan buffer growth

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 09.11.2026 Published: 09.11.2026 Updated: 09.11.2026

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to 2.2.25, 3.1.23, and 3.2.8, Rack::Multipart::Parser can retain parsed data in its internal StringScanner buffer when reads end inside or immediately after multipart headers. An unauthenticated attacker can align many small parts with rack.multipart.buffer_size boundaries so the buffer grows with the request despite per-field, header, and preamble limits, causing a worker to exhaust memory. The attack requires only a well-formed multipart body and affects applications that parse multipart requests. This issue is fixed in versions 2.2.25, 3.1.23, and 3.2.8.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor rack
Product rack
Versions
  • Version < 2.2.25 is affected
  • Version >= 3.0, < 3.1.23 is affected
  • Version >= 3.2, < 3.2.8 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE