CVE-2022-23476
HIGHNokogiri 1.13.8-1.13.9 - Denial of Service via Unchecked Return Value in XML::Reader#attribute_hash
Title source: llmDescription
Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for the Ruby programming language. Nokogiri `1.13.8` and `1.13.9` fail to check the return value from `xmlTextReaderExpand` in the method `Nokogiri::XML::Reader#attribute_hash`. This can lead to a null pointer exception when invalid markup is being parsed. For applications using `XML::Reader` to parse untrusted inputs, this may potentially be a vector for a denial of service attack. Users are advised to upgrade to Nokogiri `>= 1.13.10`. Users may be able to search their code for calls to either `XML::Reader#attributes` or `XML::Reader#attribute_hash` to determine if they are affected.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-qv4q-mr5r-qprj
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/85410e38410f670cbbc8c5b00d07b843caee88ce
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/9fe0761c47c0d4270d1a5220cfd25de080350d50
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0168
EPSS Percentile
73.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-252
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (3)
nokogiri/nokogiri
1.13.8
nokogiri/nokogiri
1.13.9
rubygems/nokogiri
1.13.8 - 1.13.10RubyGems
Published
Dec 08, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026