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medium 5.3

CVE-2026-34786 json

Rack: Rack::Static header_rules bypass via URL-encoded paths

published 7mo ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-18384 , GHSA-q4qf-9j86-f5mh

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6, Rack::Static#applicable_rules evaluates several header_rules types against the raw URL-encoded PATH_INFO, while the underlying file-serving path is decoded before the file is served. As a result, a request for a URL-encoded variant of a static path can serve the same file without the headers that header_rules were intended to apply. In deployments that rely on Rack::Static to attach security-relevant response headers to static content, this can allow an attacker to bypass those headers by requesting an encoded form of the path. This issue has been patched in versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems rack 2.2.23, 3.1.21, 3.2.6
  • rack rack 2.2.23, 3.1.21, 3.2.6
  • rack_project rack 2.2.23, 3.1.21, 3.2.6
  • ruby-rack Debian 12 2.2.22-0+deb12u2
  • ruby-rack Debian 13 3.1.20-0+deb13u2
  • ruby-rack Debian 14 3.2.6-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-34786

  • ruby-rack Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 2.2.7-1ubuntu0.7
  • ruby-rack Ubuntu 25.10 3.1.16-0.1ubuntu0.3
  • ruby-rack Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 3.2.4-1ubuntu1.1
  • ruby-rack Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.6.4-4ubuntu0.2+esm10
  • ruby-rack Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 2.1.4-5ubuntu1.2+esm3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34786

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • rmt-server SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 3.1.0-160000.1.1
  • rmt-server SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS +5 more 2.27-150500.3.47.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:23321-1SUSE-SU-2026:2487-1

  • rmt-server openSUSE Leap 16.0 3.1.0-160000.1.1
  • rubygem-rack-2.2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2.23-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21640-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10508-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-34786 updated cvss 6.5

rack: Rack: Security header bypass via URL-encoded static path requests

  • Red Hat Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift openshift-logging/vector-rhel9, openshift-logging/fluentd-rhel9, openshift-logging/eventrouter-rhel9, openshift-logging/logging-view-plugin-rhel9, openshift-logging/cluster-logging-rhel9-operator, openshift-logging/log-file-metric-exporter-rhel9, +1 more Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2 3scale-amp21/zync, 3scale-amp22/zync, 3scale-amp24/zync, 3scale-amp25/zync, 3scale-amp26/zync, 3scale-amp20/system, +19 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 pcs, pcs-snmp, python-clufter Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 pcs, pcs-snmp Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 pcs, pcs-snmp, ubi9/ruby-30, ubi9/ruby-33, rhel9/ruby-30, rhel9/ruby-33 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 pcs
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
7mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems rack
<2.2.23
>=3.0.0.beta1, <3.1.21
>=3.2.0, <3.2.6
2.2.23
3.1.21
3.2.6

Affected products

  • rack rack

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-180 Incorrect Behavior Order: Validate Before Canonicalize

References

Sources

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