CVE-2026-47240

MEDIUM

Net::IMAP: Command Injection via non-synchronizing literal in "raw" argument

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. Prior to 0.6.5 and 0.5.15, several Net::IMAP commands accept a "raw data" argument that is sent verbatim after validation to prevent command injection. However, if a server does not support non-synchronizing literals, it may still be possible to inject arbitrary IMAP commands inside non-synchronizing literals. A server without support for non-synchronizing literals may interpret the "+}\r\n" as the end of a malformed command line and respond with a tagged BAD. In that case, the contents of the literal will be interpreted as one or more new pipelined commands, allowing a CRLF command injection attack to succeed. This affects criteria for #search and #uid_search; search_keys for #sort, #thread, #uid_sort, and #uid_thread; and attr for #fetch and #uid_fetch. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.5 and 0.5.15.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v4 5.8
EPSS 0.0049
EPSS Percentile 38.8%
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-77 CWE-93
Status published
Products (4)
ruby/net-imap < 0.5.15
ruby/net-imap >= 0.6.0, < 0.6.4.1
rubygems/net-imap 0 - 0.5.15RubyGems
rubygems/net-imap 0.6.0 - 0.6.4.1RubyGems
Published Jun 22, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 23, 2026