CVE-2026-79769
MediumCVSS 5.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk21th percentile - higher than 21% of all known CVEs
Summary
Nokogiri versions before 1.19.4 contain a possible invalid (out-of-bounds) memory read in the protected internal Node#initialize_copy_with_args helper behind Node#dup and #clone, which unwrapped its source argument as an xmlNode without a type check. If application code calls this protected method with a non-Node argument (e.g., a Namespace), it reads an xmlNs out of bounds, crashing the process. This is only triggerable by a programming error and cannot be triggered by untrusted input or normal use of the public API. Only CRuby is affected. Version 1.19.4 adds a type check and raises TypeError.
Risk Assessment
The risk is limited to process crashes due to programming errors, potentially leading to application unavailability, but cannot be exploited by external attackers.
Recommendation
It is recommended to upgrade Nokogiri to version 1.19.4 or later and review application code for calls to Node#dup and #clone with invalid arguments.
Other vulnerabilities in Nokogiri
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- GHSA-5v8h-3h3q-446pLow
A vulnerability in the Nokogiri library allows calling `Document#encoding=` with an invalid encoding (e.g., a non-string or a string containing a null byte), which frees the document's current encoding string without replacing it. The document is left referencing freed memory, leading to a use-after-free condition on the next call.
- GHSA-8678-w3jw-xfc2Low
The vulnerability in the Nokogiri library for JRuby causes the NONET option to be incorrectly enforced when parsing XML schemas. This allows an attacker to load external network resources, potentially leading to data leakage or SSRF attacks.
- GHSA-9cv2-cfxc-v4v2Low
Nokogiri has a bug in methods called on allocated-but-uninitialized native wrapper classes inheriting from `Nokogiri::XML::Node`. This causes a NULL pointer dereference that could crash the process.
- GHSA-p67v-3w7g-wjg7Low
The vulnerability in the Nokogiri library causes `Nokogiri::XML::XPathContext` to not keep its source document alive for garbage collection. If an XPathContext outlives its document and the document is collected, evaluating an XPath expression could read invalid memory and potentially segfault.
- GHSA-phwj-rprq-35ppLow
Nokogiri's CRuby native extension could leave a Ruby wrapper pointing to freed memory when replacing the value of an XML attribute. If Ruby code had already accessed an attribute child node, `Nokogiri::XML::Attr#value=` could free the underlying native child node while the wrapper remains.
- GHSA-wjv4-x9w8-wm3hLow
A vulnerability in the Nokogiri library allows a DTD node to be set as the document root, leading to a heap use-after-free during garbage collection or finalization. This results in an invalid memory read or potentially a segfault.
- GHSA-wfpw-mmfh-qq69Low
The vulnerability in the Nokogiri library affects the `Nokogiri::XML::Node#do_xinclude` method, which during XInclude processing removes `<xi:include>` nodes along with their children (e.g., `<xi:fallback>`) and declared namespaces. If an application previously accessed these nodes, unexpected behavior may occur.
- GHSA-g9g8-vgvw-g3vfUnknown
The vulnerability in the Nokogiri library affects the protected copy helper used by Node#dup and #clone methods. It unwrapped the source argument as an xmlNode without a type check, causing an out-of-bounds read on xmlNs structure and process crash when a non-Node object (e.g. Namespace) was supplied. Version 1.19.4 adds a type check and raises TypeError.
- CVE-2026-79772Medium
Nokogiri versions before 1.19.1 fail to check the return value from xmlC14NExecute in the canonicalize method, returning an empty string on failure instead of raising an exception. Attackers can exploit this to bypass signature validation in downstream SAML libraries by providing invalid canonicalized XML that is incorrectly accepted as valid.
Original NVD description (English source)
Nokogiri versions before 1.19.4 contain a possible invalid (out-of-bounds) memory read in the protected internal Node#initialize_copy_with_args helper behind Node#dup and #clone, which unwrapped its source argument as an xmlNode without a type check. If application code calls this protected method with a non-Node argument (e.g., a Namespace), it reads an xmlNs out of bounds, crashing the process. This is only triggerable by a programming error and cannot be triggered by untrusted input or normal use of the public API. Only CRuby is affected. Version 1.19.4 adds a type check and raises TypeError.
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