CVE-2025-46727 – rack

Package

Manager: gem
Name: rack
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <2.2.14 || >=3.0 <3.0.16 || >=3.1 <3.1.14

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: 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

EPSS: 0.00386 pctl0.59024

Details

Rack has an Unbounded-Parameter DoS in Rack::QueryParser ## Summary `Rack::QueryParser` parses query strings and `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` bodies into Ruby data structures without imposing any limit on the number of parameters, allowing attackers to send requests with extremely large numbers of parameters. ## Details The vulnerability arises because `Rack::QueryParser` iterates over each `&`-separated key-value pair and adds it to a Hash without enforcing an upper bound on the total number of parameters. This allows an attacker to send a single request containing hundreds of thousands (or more) of parameters, which consumes excessive memory and CPU during parsing. ## Impact An attacker can trigger denial of service by sending specifically crafted HTTP requests, which can cause memory exhaustion or pin CPU resources, stalling or crashing the Rack server. This results in full service disruption until the affected worker is restarted. ## Mitigation - Update to a version of Rack that limits the number of parameters parsed, or - Use middleware to enforce a maximum query string size or parameter count, or - Employ a reverse proxy (such as Nginx) to limit request sizes and reject oversized query strings or bodies. Limiting request body sizes and query string lengths at the web server or CDN level is an effective mitigation.

Metadata

Created: 2025-05-08T14:45:48Z
Modified: 2025-05-09T14:35:11Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/05/GHSA-gjh7-p2fx-99vx/GHSA-gjh7-p2fx-99vx.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-400"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-gjh7-p2fx-99vx
Finding: F002
Auto approve: 1