An issue was discovered in Ruby 4 before 4.0.5. A race condition leading to a use-after-free in the pthread-based getaddrinfo timeout handler (rb_getaddrinfo in ext/socket/raddrinfo.c) allows a remote attacker who can delay DNS responses near the user-specified timeout to crash a Ruby process that calls Addrinfo.getaddrinfo(..., timeout:) or Socket.tcp(..., resolv_timeout:). Memory-corruption-based exploitation is theoretically possible. The attack could, for example, be carried out through a crafted authoritative DNS server or recursive resolver.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://hackerone.com/reports/3607434 | Permissions Required |
| https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/05/20/getaddrinfo-cve-2026-46727/ | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
26 May 2026, 14:22
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Ruby-lang
Ruby-lang ruby |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://hackerone.com/reports/3607434 - Permissions Required | |
| References | () https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/05/20/getaddrinfo-cve-2026-46727/ - Vendor Advisory |
22 May 2026, 18:28
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Information
Published : 2026-05-22 18:16
Updated : 2026-05-26 14:22
NVD link : CVE-2026-46727
Mitre link : CVE-2026-46727
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-46727
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Products Affected
ruby-lang
- ruby
CWE
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
