Advisory details:
github_osv / GHSA-cg4j-q9v8-6v38
| Advisory ID | github_osv/GHSA-cg4j-q9v8-6v38 |
| Aliases |
CVE-2026-33169
|
| Summary | Rails Active Support has a possible ReDoS vulnerability in number_to_delimited ### Impact `NumberToDelimitedConverter` used a regular expression with `gsub!` to insert thousands delimiters. This could produce quadratic time complexity on long digit strings. ### Releases The fixed releases are available at the normal locations. ### Credit This issue was responsibly reported by Hackerone researcher [scyoon](https://hackerone.com/scyoon). |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted Severity | 6.2 |
| Risk | 3.1 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches | Package Commit Patches Details |
| There are no known CWE. |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| cvssv4 | 6.9 | https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-cg4j-q9v8-6v38/GHSA-cg4j-q9v8-6v38.json |
| generic_textual | MODERATE |
No exploits are available.
No EPSS data available for this advisory.
| Patch URL | |
|---|---|
| There are no known patches. | |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Attack Requirements (AT) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) | Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) | Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) | Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) | Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) | Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent local physical |
low high |
none present |
none low high |
none passive active |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-03-24T15:45:49Z/
Decision: Track
Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/33xxx/CVE-2026-33169.json
Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-33169
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{'Automatable': 'yes'},
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{'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
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