CVE-2026-33210 (GCVE-0-2026-33210)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-20 22:57 – Updated: 2026-03-23 21:41
VLAI
Title
Ruby JSON has a format string injection vulnerability
Summary
Ruby JSON is a JSON implementation for Ruby. From version 2.14.0 to before versions 2.15.2.1, 2.17.1.2, and 2.19.2, a format string injection vulnerability can 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 issue has been patched in versions 2.15.2.1, 2.17.1.2, and 2.19.2.
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
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-134 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
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References
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Vendor Product Version
ruby json Affected: >= 2.14.0, < 2.15.2.1
Affected: >= 2.16.0, < 2.17.1.2
Affected: >= 2.18.0, < 2.19.2
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