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CVE-2026-34835 (Medium) detected in rack-3.2.5.gem

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Description

## CVE-2026-34835 - Medium Severity Vulnerability
Vulnerable Library - rack-3.2.5.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-3.2.5.gem


Path to dependency file: /Gemfile.lock


Path to vulnerable library: /vendor/cache/rack-3.2.5.gem


Dependency Hierarchy:
- manageiq-style-1.6.0.gem (Root Library)
- :x: **rack-3.2.5.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::Request parses the Host header using an AUTHORITY regular expression that accepts characters not permitted in RFC-compliant hostnames, including /, ?, #, and @. Because req.host returns the full parsed value, applications that validate hosts using naive prefix or suffix checks can be bypassed. This can lead to host header poisoning in applications that use req.host, req.url, or req.base_url for link generation, redirects, or origin validation. This issue has been patched in versions 3.1.21 and 3.2.6.

Publish Date: 2026-04-02

URL: CVE-2026-34835



CVSS 3 Score Details (4.8)

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


For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.


Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version


Origin: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g2pf-xv49-m2h5


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

Research direction

Start with /Gemfile.lock and /vendor/cache/rack-3.2.5.gem, then inspect the dependency hierarchy for the manageiq-style package. Update Rack to a patched version, refresh the dependency files, and verify that the vulnerable 3.2.5 release is no longer present and the project checks pass.

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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
70/100

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