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BREW-MIKUTTER-CVE-2024-58377 (GHSA-R95H-9X8F-R3F7)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-27 12:38 – Updated: 2026-08-27 12:38 – Source website
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Summary
Nokogiri updates packaged libxml2 to v2.12.7 to resolve CVE-2024-34459
Details

Summary

Nokogiri v1.16.5 upgrades its dependency libxml2 to 2.12.7 from 2.12.6.

libxml2 v2.12.7 addresses CVE-2024-34459:

  • described at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720
  • patched by https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2876ac53

Impact

There is no impact to Nokogiri users because the issue is present only in libxml2's xmllint tool which Nokogiri does not provide or expose.

Timeline

  • 2024-05-13 05:57 EDT, libxml2 2.12.7 release is announced
  • 2024-05-13 08:30 EDT, nokogiri maintainers begin triage
  • 2024-05-13 10:05 EDT, nokogiri v1.16.5 is released and this GHSA made public
References
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    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "fix": null,
        "range_state": "affected",
        "resource": "nokogiri",
        "resource_purl": "pkg:gem/nokogiri@1.16.3",
        "upstream_fixed_in": "1.16.5"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Homebrew",
        "name": "mikutter",
        "purl": "pkg:brew/mikutter"
      },
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          "events": [
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        }
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  "database_specific": {
    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "matched",
    "strategy": "registry",
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      {
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        "key": "pkg:gem/nokogiri@1.16.3",
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        "subject_version": "1.16.3"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "## Summary\n\nNokogiri v1.16.5 upgrades its dependency libxml2 to [2.12.7](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases/v2.12.7) from 2.12.6.\n\nlibxml2 v2.12.7 addresses CVE-2024-34459:\n\n- described at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720\n- patched by https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2876ac53\n\n\n## Impact\n\nThere is no impact to Nokogiri users because the issue is present only in libxml2\u0027s `xmllint` tool which Nokogiri does not provide or expose.\n\n\n## Timeline\n\n- 2024-05-13 05:57 EDT, libxml2 2.12.7 release is announced\n- 2024-05-13 08:30 EDT, nokogiri maintainers begin triage\n- 2024-05-13 10:05 EDT, nokogiri [v1.16.5 is released](https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/releases/tag/v1.16.5) and this GHSA made public",
  "id": "BREW-mikutter-CVE-2024-58377",
  "modified": "2026-08-27T12:38:44Z",
  "published": "2026-08-27T12:38:44Z",
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    },
    {
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/releases/tag/v1.16.5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/2876ac53"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/720"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "summary": "Nokogiri updates packaged libxml2 to v2.12.7 to resolve CVE-2024-34459",
  "upstream": [
    "GHSA-r95h-9x8f-r3f7",
    "CVE-2024-58377"
  ]
}



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