Description
An issue was discovered in Ruby 4 before 4.0.5. A race condition leading to a use-after-free in the pthread-based getaddrinfo timeout handler (rb_getaddrinfo in ext/socket/raddrinfo.c) allows a remote attacker who can delay DNS responses near the user-specified timeout to crash a Ruby process that calls Addrinfo.getaddrinfo(..., timeout:) or Socket.tcp(..., resolv_timeout:). Memory-corruption-based exploitation is theoretically possible. The attack could, for example, be carried out through a crafted authoritative DNS server or recursive resolver.
Published: 2026-05-22
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Fri, 22 May 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Title Race Condition in Ruby 4 getaddrinfo Leading to Use‑After‑Free and Process Crash

Fri, 22 May 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 22 May 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description An issue was discovered in Ruby 4 before 4.0.5. A race condition leading to a use-after-free in the pthread-based getaddrinfo timeout handler (rb_getaddrinfo in ext/socket/raddrinfo.c) allows a remote attacker who can delay DNS responses near the user-specified timeout to crash a Ruby process that calls Addrinfo.getaddrinfo(..., timeout:) or Socket.tcp(..., resolv_timeout:). Memory-corruption-based exploitation is theoretically possible. The attack could, for example, be carried out through a crafted authoritative DNS server or recursive resolver.
First Time appeared Ruby-lang
Ruby-lang ruby
Weaknesses CWE-362
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ruby-lang
Ruby-lang ruby
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-22T18:41:39.767Z

Reserved: 2026-05-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-46727

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Updated: 2026-05-22T18:41:36.038Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-22T18:16:22.927

Modified: 2026-06-17T10:53:52.423

Link: CVE-2026-46727

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Updated: 2026-05-22T21:00:11Z

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