CVE-2025-59830

HIGH

Rack < 2.2.18 - Denial of Service

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to version 2.2.18, Rack::QueryParser enforces its params_limit only for parameters separated by &, while still splitting on both & and ;. As a result, attackers could use ; separators to bypass the parameter count limit and submit more parameters than intended. Applications or middleware that directly invoke Rack::QueryParser with its default configuration (no explicit delimiter) could be exposed to increased CPU and memory consumption. This can be abused as a limited denial-of-service vector. This issue has been patched in version 2.2.18.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.4%
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-770 CWE-400
Status published
Products (2)
rack/rack < 2.2.18
rubygems/rack 0 - 2.2.18RubyGems
Published Sep 25, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026