CVE-2026-42256 (GCVE-0-2026-42256)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-09 19:38 – Updated: 2026-05-11 17:04
VLAI
Title
net-imap: Denial of service via high iteration count for `SCRAM-*` authentication
Summary
Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. From versions 0.4.0 to before 0.4.24, 0.5.0 to before 0.5.14, and 0.6.0 to before 0.6.4, when authenticating a connection with SCRAM-SHA1 or SCRAM-SHA256, a hostile server can perform a computational denial-of-service attack on the client process by sending a big iteration count value. This issue has been patched in versions 0.4.24, 0.5.14, and 0.6.4.
Severity
6 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/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-1322 - Use of Blocking Code in Single-threaded, Non-blocking Context
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ruby net-imap Affected: >= 0.4.0, < 0.4.24
Affected: >= 0.5.0, < 0.5.14
Affected: >= 0.6.0, < 0.6.4
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