GHSA-3M6G-2423-7CP3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-19 12:45 – Updated: 2026-03-25 18:24
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Summary
Ruby JSON has a format string injection vulnerability
Details

Impact

A format string injection vulnerability than that lead to denial of service attacks or information disclosure, when the allow_duplicate_key: false parsing option is used to parse user supplied documents.

This option isn't the default, if you didn't opt-in to use it, you are not impacted.

Patches

Patched in 2.19.2.

Workarounds

The issue can be avoided by not using the allow_duplicate_key: false parsing option.

Severity ?
8.3 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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  "aliases": [
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    "severity": "HIGH"
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  "details": "### Impact\n\nA format string injection vulnerability than that lead to denial of service attacks or information disclosure, when the `allow_duplicate_key: false` parsing option is used to parse user supplied documents. \n\nThis option isn\u0027t the default, if you didn\u0027t opt-in to use it, you are not impacted.\n\n### Patches\n\nPatched in `2.19.2`.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThe issue can be avoided by not using the `allow_duplicate_key: false` parsing option.",
  "id": "GHSA-3m6g-2423-7cp3",
  "modified": "2026-03-25T18:24:34Z",
  "published": "2026-03-19T12:45:53Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ruby JSON has a format string injection vulnerability"
}


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