ManageIQ / ManageIQ/vmware_web_service
CVE-2026-34831 (Medium) detected in rack-3.2.5.gem
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Description
## CVE-2026-34831 - 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::Files#fail sets the Content-Length response header using String#size instead of String#bytesize. When the response body contains multibyte UTF-8 characters, the declared Content-Length is smaller than the number of bytes actually sent on the wire. Because Rack::Files reflects the requested path in 404 responses, an attacker can trigger this mismatch by requesting a non-existent path containing percent-encoded UTF-8 characters. This results in incorrect HTTP response framing and may cause response desynchronization in deployments that rely on the incorrect Content-Length value. This issue has been patched in versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6.
Publish Date: 2026-04-02
URL: CVE-2026-34831
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.
Type: Upgrade version
Origin: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q2ww-5357-x388
Release Date: 2026-04-02
Fix Resolution: rack - 3.1.21,rack - 3.2.6,rack - 2.2.23
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with Gemfile.lock and the cached dependency at vendor/cache/rack-3.2.5.gem. Check how the project records and installs Rack, then update it to a listed fixed release such as 3.2.6 and verify the dependency files no longer select the vulnerable version.
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
- 76/100