CVE-2026-57438
MEDIUMNokogiri: Possible Use-After-Free in XInclude Processing
Title source: cnaDescription
Nokogiri is an open source XML and HTML library for the Ruby programming language. Prior to 1.19.4, XInclude substitution performed by Nokogiri::XML::Node#do_xinclude replaced each <xi:include> in place, freeing the include node along with its children (such as <xi:fallback> and its descendants) and any namespaces declared on them. If an application had already exposed one of those nodes or namespaces to Ruby, the corresponding Ruby object was left pointing at freed memory. Using the object could result in invalid reads or writes to memory. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.19.4.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-wfpw-mmfh-qq69
Scores
CVSS v3
6.6
EPSS
0.0009
EPSS Percentile
0.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (2)
nokogiri/nokogiri
< 1.19.4
sparklemotion/nokogiri
< 1.19.4
Published
Jun 25, 2026
Tracked Since
Jun 25, 2026