Description
Active Support is a toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, Active Support number helpers accept strings containing scientific notation (e.g. `1e10000`), which `BigDecimal` expands into extremely large decimal representations. This can cause excessive memory allocation and CPU consumption when the expanded number is formatted, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability. Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
6.4%
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-400
CWE-770
Status
published
Products (5)
rails/activesupport
< 7.2.3.1
rails/activesupport
>= 8.0.0.beta1, < 8.0.4.1
rails/activesupport
>= 8.1.0.beta1, < 8.1.2.1
rubygems/activesupport
8.1.0.beta1 - 8.1.2.1RubyGems
rubyonrails/rails
< 7.2.3.1
Published
Mar 24, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 24, 2026