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CVE-2026-33176

Rails Active Support has a possible DoS vulnerability in its number helpers

Published: Mar 23, 2026Updated: Mar 24, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-400
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 55.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Active Support is a toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, Active Support number helpers accept strings containing scientific notation (e.g. `1e10000`), which `BigDecimal` expands into extremely large decimal representations. This can cause excessive memory allocation and CPU consumption when the expanded number is formatted, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability. Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-400CWE-770

Affected Products

activesupportrails
Library
OSS Libraries / web-framework
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat SatelliteRed Hat Inc.
On-prem
Operating Systems
Ruby on RailsRails Core Team
Library
OSS Libraries / web-framework
railsrubyonrailsOSS Libraries
railsoss-projectOSS Librariesaka rails-html-sanitizer, activestorage
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
rails core teamoss-projectOSS Librariesaka rubyonrails, rails, actionview, rack? no
rubyonrailsoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka rails, ruby on rails, rubyonrails.org

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-2j26-frm8-cmj9
github.com
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/19dbab51ca086a657bb86458042bc44314916bcb
github.com
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/ebd6be18120d1136511eb516338e27af25ac0a1a
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Timeline

Published
Mar 23, 2026
Last Updated
Mar 24, 2026

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