CVE-2026-33210
CRITICAL9.1EPSS 0.04%Ruby JSON has a format string injection vulnerability
Published: 3/19/2026Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Ruby JSON is a JSON implementation for Ruby. From version 2.14.0 to before versions 2.15.2.1, 2.17.1.2, and 2.19.2, a format string injection vulnerability can lead to denial of service attacks or information disclosure, when the allow_duplicate_key: false parsing option is used to parse user supplied documents. This issue has been patched in versions 2.15.2.1, 2.17.1.2, and 2.19.2.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/ruby-jsonfrom 0, < 2.19.2+dfsg-1
- RubyGems/json>= 2.18.0, < 2.19.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
References (5)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33210
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-33210
- PATCHhttps://github.com/ruby/json
- WEBhttps://github.com/ruby/json/security/advisories/GHSA-3m6g-2423-7cp3
- WEBhttps://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/json/CVE-2026-33210.yml