GHSA-v2fc-qm4h-8hqv
## Summary Nokogiri's `Nokogiri::XSLT::Stylesheet#transform` leaks a small heap allocation when passed a Ruby string parameter containing a null byte. For applications that pass attacker-controlled input through `XSLT.transform` parameters, this may be a vector for a denial of service attack against long-running processes. ## Mitigation Upgrade to Nokogiri `>= 1.19.3`. Users may also be able to mitigate this issue without upgrading by validating untrusted transform parameters before passing them to `Nokogiri::XSLT::Stylesheet#transform`. ## Severity The Nokogiri maintainers have evaluated this as **Moderate Severity**, CVSS 5.3. Each leaked allocation is approximately 24–32 bytes, so meaningful memory growth requires sustained attacker-controlled traffic at high call rates. The bug does not cause memory corruption, information disclosure, or any change in the behavior of the transform itself, and the string-handling exception is raised as expected. Applications that do not pass raw attacker-controlled bytes to XSLT parameters are unlikely to be affected in practice. ## Resources - [CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html) ## Credit This vulnerability was responsibly reported by @Captainjack-kor.
Properties
- ghsa_id
- GHSA-v2fc-qm4h-8hqv
- severity
- medium
- summary
- Nokogiri XSLT transform has a memory leak
- cvss_score
- 5.3
- cve_id
- GHSA-v2fc-qm4h-8hqv
- cvss_vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- is_ghsa_only
- true
- ghsa_published
- 2026-05-06T18:27:38Z
- source_url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v2fc-qm4h-8hqv
- ghsa_updated
- 2026-05-06T18:27:39Z
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