CVE-2026-46727

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.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

26 May 2026, 14:22

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Ruby-lang ruby
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References () https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026/05/20/getaddrinfo-cve-2026-46727/ - () 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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New CVE

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')