CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-42245

2.3 LOW Published 2026-05-09 Modified 2026-07-24 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-05-09
Last modified
2026-07-24
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
2.3 LOW — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-407

Description

Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. Prior to versions 0.4.24, 0.5.14, and 0.6.4, Net::IMAP::ResponseReader has quadratic time complexity when reading large responses containing many string literals. A hostile server can send responses which are crafted to exhaust the client's CPU for a denial of service attack. This issue has been patched in versions 0.4.24, 0.5.14, and 0.6.4.

Affected configurations

• ruby-lang net\ \ (< 0.4.24) • ruby-lang net\ \ (>= 0.5.0 < 0.5.14) • ruby-lang net\ \ (>= 0.6.0 < 0.6.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity weakness

References