MEDIUMCVSS 5.5Vulnerability

CVE-2026-79769

Nokogiri versions before 1.19.4 contain a possible invalid (out-of-bounds) memory read in the protected internal Node#initialize_copy_with_args helper behind Node#dup and #clone, which unwrapped its source argument as an xmlNode without a type check. If application code calls this protected method with a non-Node argument (e.g., a Namespace), it reads an xmlNs out of bounds, crashing the process. This is only triggerable by a programming error and cannot be triggered by untrusted input or normal use of the public API. Only CRuby is affected. Version 1.19.4 adds a type check and raises TypeError.

Properties

severity
MEDIUM
cvss_severity
MEDIUM
cvss_score
5.5
retrieved_at
2026-09-25T15:10:03+00:00
score
5.5
last_source
NVD
cve_id
CVE-2026-79769
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
signal_observed_at
2026-09-25T15:10:03+00:00
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
published_at
2026-08-25T16:17:28.320
last_modified
2026-09-24T20:43:32.537

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→[Source]NVD

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

→[Weakness]Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

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