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Vulnerability details: VCID-u8gx-xbj9-97c7
Vulnerability ID VCID-u8gx-xbj9-97c7
Aliases GHSA-gx8x-g87m-h5q6
GMS-2022-786
Summary Denial of Service (DoS) in Nokogiri on JRuby ## Summary Nokogiri `v1.13.4` updates the vendored `org.cyberneko.html` library to `1.9.22.noko2` which addresses [CVE-2022-24839](https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/security/advisories/GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv). That CVE is rated 7.5 (High Severity). See [GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv](https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/security/advisories/GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv) for more information. Please note that this advisory only applies to the **JRuby** implementation of Nokogiri `< 1.13.4`. ## Mitigation Upgrade to Nokogiri `>= 1.13.4`. ## Impact ### [CVE-2022-24839](https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/security/advisories/GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv) in nekohtml - **Severity**: High 7.5 - **Type**: [CWE-400](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption - **Description**: The fork of `org.cyberneko.html` used by Nokogiri (Rubygem) raises a `java.lang.OutOfMemoryError` exception when parsing ill-formed HTML markup. - **See also**: [GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv](https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/security/advisories/GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv)
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gx8x-g87m-h5q6
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/commit/a800fce3b079def130ed42a408ff1d09f89e773d
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/commit/a800fce3b079def130ed42a408ff1d09f89e773d
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/security/advisories/GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/security/advisories/GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/releases/tag/v1.13.4
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/releases/tag/v1.13.4
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-gx8x-g87m-h5q6
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-gx8x-g87m-h5q6
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-gx8x-g87m-h5q6
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://groups.google.com/g/ruby-security-ann/c/vX7qSjsvWis/m/TJWN4oOKBwAJ?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
generic_textual HIGH https://groups.google.com/g/ruby-security-ann/c/vX7qSjsvWis/m/TJWN4oOKBwAJ?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24839
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24839
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/commit/a800fce3b079def130ed42a408ff1d09f89e773d
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/releases/tag/v1.13.4
https://groups.google.com/g/ruby-security-ann/c/vX7qSjsvWis/m/TJWN4oOKBwAJ
https://groups.google.com/g/ruby-security-ann/c/vX7qSjsvWis/m/TJWN4oOKBwAJ?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
CVE-2022-24839 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24839
GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/security/advisories/GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv
GHSA-gx8x-g87m-h5q6 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gx8x-g87m-h5q6
GHSA-gx8x-g87m-h5q6 https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-gx8x-g87m-h5q6
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/commit/a800fce3b079def130ed42a408ff1d09f89e773d
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/sparklemotion/nekohtml/security/advisories/GHSA-9849-p7jc-9rmv
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/releases/tag/v1.13.4
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-gx8x-g87m-h5q6
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://groups.google.com/g/ruby-security-ann/c/vX7qSjsvWis/m/TJWN4oOKBwAJ?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24839
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No EPSS data available for this vulnerability.

Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:49:48.400950+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/nokogiri/GMS-2022-786.yml 38.0.0