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Vulnerability details: VCID-8rfn-pfa6-ruct
Vulnerability ID VCID-8rfn-pfa6-ruct
Aliases GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7
Summary Nokogiri updates packaged libxml2 to v2.12.7 to resolve CVE-2024-34459 ## Summary Nokogiri v1.16.5 upgrades its dependency libxml2 to [2.12.7](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7) from 2.12.6. libxml2 v2.12.7 addresses CVE-2024-34459: - described at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720 - patched by https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2876ac53 ## Impact There is no impact to Nokogiri users because the issue is present only in libxml2's `xmllint` tool which Nokogiri does not provide or expose. ## Timeline - 2024-05-13 05:57 EDT, libxml2 2.12.7 release is announced - 2024-05-13 08:30 EDT, nokogiri maintainers begin triage - 2024-05-13 10:05 EDT, nokogiri [v1.16.5 is released](https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/releases/tag/v1.16.5) and this GHSA made public
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 2.7
Risk 1.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1_qr LOW https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7.yml
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/releases/tag/v1.16.5
cvssv3.1_qr LOW https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7
generic_textual LOW https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2876ac53
generic_textual LOW https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7.yml
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/releases/tag/v1.16.5
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2876ac53
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720
GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7
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Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:04:55.699805+00:00 Ruby Importer Import https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7.yml 37.0.0