CVE-2025-71407 (GCVE-0-2025-71407)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-25 15:15 – Updated: 2026-08-25 16:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Nokogiri before 1.18.3 Stack Buffer Overflow and Use-After-Free
Summary
Nokogiri before 1.18.3 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in libxml2 when reporting DTD validation errors with long QName prefixes, and a use-after-free vulnerability during validation against untrusted XML Schemas. Attackers can trigger these vulnerabilities by providing malicious DTD content or untrusted XSD files to cause denial of service or potential code execution.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-25 16:10 UTC
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/securit… | vendor-advisory |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nokogiri-bef… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sparklemotion | nokogiri |
Affected:
0 , < 1.18.3
(semver)
Unaffected: 1.18.3 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:nokogiri:nokogiri:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2025-02-18 00:00
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