Vulnerability in rack (CVE-2026-26962)
Summary
Vulnerability in rack (CVE-2026-26962). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via filename. Mitigation: upgrade to 3.2.6 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Summary
Rack::Multipart::Parser unfolds folded multipart part headers incorrectly. When a multipart header contains an obs-fold sequence, Rack preserves the embedded CRLF in parsed parameter values such as filename or name instead of removing the folded line break during unfolding.
As a result, applications that later reuse those parsed values in HTTP response headers may be vulnerable to downstream header injection or response splitting.
Details
Rack::Multipart::Parser accepts folded multipart header values and unfolds them during parsing. However, the unfolding behavior does not fully remove the embedded line break sequence from the parsed value.
This means a multipart part header such as:
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="test\r\n foo.txt"
can result in a parsed parameter value that still contains CRLF characters.
The issue is not that Rack creates a second multipart header field. Rather, the problem is that CRLF remains embedded in the parsed metadata value after unfolding. If an application later uses that value in a security-sensitive context, such as constructing an HTTP response header, the preserved CRLF may alter downstream header parsing.
Affected values may include multipart parameters such as filename, name, or similar parsed header attributes.
Impact
Applications that accept multipart form uploads may be affected if they later reuse parsed multipart metadata in HTTP headers or other header-sensitiv…
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-26962 has been found in rack.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like filename over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.8/10.
What to do: upgrade rack to 3.2.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "rack CVE-2026-26962" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-26962 (rack) — CWE-93 / CVSS v3 4.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Attack surface: filename / name
Patched: 3.2.6 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-93) exists in rack. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via filename without authentication.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of rack. Attack surface: filename / name.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.8/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 3.2.6.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'rack' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'rack' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
rackを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade rack to 3.2.6ステージング環境で 3.2.6 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-26962 ruby-rack
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-26962 ruby-rack
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- patch security-advisories@github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com