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CVE-2026-79771

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.3 Published: 2026-08-25 Modified: 2026-09-01

Description

Nokogiri versions before 1.19.3 contain a memory leak in the XSLT Stylesheet transform method when processing Ruby strings containing null bytes. Attackers can exploit this by passing attacker-controlled input with null bytes to transform parameters, causing heap allocations to leak and enabling denial of service against long-running processes.

Affected Platforms

Nokogiri Nokogiri

Weakness Type

CWE-401

References