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CVE-2026-34827 (High) detected in rack-3.1.16.gem

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Description

## CVE-2026-34827 - High Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - rack-3.1.16.gem

Rack provides a minimal, modular and adaptable interface for developing
web applications in Ruby. By wrapping HTTP requests and responses in
the simplest way possible, it unifies and distills the API for web
servers, web frameworks, and software in between (the so-called
middleware) into a single method call.


Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/rack-3.1.16.gem


Path to dependency file: /Gemfile.lock


Path to vulnerable library: /vendor/cache/rack-3.1.16.gem


Dependency Hierarchy:
- manageiq-style-1.3.3.gem (Root Library)
- rubocop-rails-2.32.0.gem
- :x: **rack-3.1.16.gem** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master



Vulnerability Details



Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. From versions 3.0.0.beta1 to before 3.1.21, and 3.2.0 to before 3.2.6, Rack::Multipart::Parser#handle_mime_head parses quoted multipart parameters such as Content-Disposition: form-data; name="..." using repeated String#index searches combined with String#slice! prefix deletion. For escape-heavy quoted values, this causes super-linear processing. An unauthenticated attacker can send a crafted multipart/form-data request containing many parts with long backslash-escaped parameter values to trigger excessive CPU usage during multipart parsing. This results in a denial of service condition in Rack applications that accept multipart form data. This issue has been patched in versions 3.1.21 and 3.2.6.

Publish Date: 2026-04-02

URL: CVE-2026-34827



CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:
- Exploitability Metrics:
- Attack Vector: Network
- Attack Complexity: Low
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Impact Metrics:
- Confidentiality Impact: None
- Integrity Impact: None
- Availability Impact: High


For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.


Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version


Origin: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6x5-cg8r-vv6x


Release Date: 2026-04-02


Fix Resolution: rack - 3.2.6,rack - 3.1.21

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Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with Gemfile.lock and the cached dependency at vendor/cache/rack-3.1.16.gem, then review how rubocop-rails brings Rack into the dependency hierarchy. Upgrade Rack to 3.1.21 or 3.2.6 and verify that the lockfile and cached dependency no longer contain the vulnerable version.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ruby
Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
72/100

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