CVE-2026-41316 (GCVE-0-2026-41316)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-24 02:35 – Updated: 2026-04-24 02:35
VLAI?
Title
ERB has an @_init deserialization guard bypass via def_module / def_method / def_class
Summary
ERB is a templating system for Ruby. Ruby 2.7.0 (before ERB 2.2.0 was published on rubygems.org) introduced an `@_init` instance variable guard in `ERB#result` and `ERB#run` to prevent code execution when an ERB object is reconstructed via `Marshal.load` (deserialization). However, three other public methods that also evaluate `@src` via `eval()` were not given the same guard: `ERB#def_method`, `ERB#def_module`, and `ERB#def_class`. An attacker who can trigger `Marshal.load` on untrusted data in a Ruby application that has `erb` loaded can use `ERB#def_module` (zero-arg, default parameters) as a code execution sink, bypassing the `@_init` protection entirely. ERB 4.0.3.1, 4.0.4.1, 6.0.1.1, and 6.0.4 patch the issue.
Severity ?
8.1 (High)
CWE
- CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Assigner
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Impacted products
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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