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CVE-2026-34830 (Medium) detected in rack-3.2.5.gem
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Description
## CVE-2026-34830 - 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
Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6, Rack::Sendfile#map_accel_path interpolates the value of the X-Accel-Mapping request header directly into a regular expression when rewriting file paths for X-Accel-Redirect. Because the header value is not escaped, an attacker who can supply X-Accel-Mapping to the backend can inject regex metacharacters and control the generated X-Accel-Redirect response header. In deployments using Rack::Sendfile with x-accel-redirect, this can allow an attacker to cause nginx to serve unintended files from configured internal locations. This issue has been patched in versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6.
Publish Date: 2026-04-02
URL: CVE-2026-34830
Base Score Metrics:
- Exploitability Metrics:
- Attack Vector: Network
- Attack Complexity: High
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Impact Metrics:
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: None
- Availability Impact: None
For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.
Type: Upgrade version
Origin: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qv7j-4883-hwh7
Release Date: 2026-04-02
Fix Resolution: rack - 3.2.6,rack - 2.2.23,rack - 3.1.21
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with /Gemfile.lock and /vendor/cache/rack-3.2.5.gem to trace how Rack is pinned and cached. Update the dependency to a listed fixed Rack version, then verify the lockfile and cached library no longer reference the vulnerable 3.2.5 release.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- ruby
- Domain
- backend, security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 72/100