Is rack affected by CVE-2026-25500?

RubyGems rack is affected in =3.0.0.beta1 =3.2.0 <3.2.5.

Is CVE-2026-25500 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.2%.

medium

CVE-2026-25500

Q: Is CVE-2026-25500 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.2%.

RubyGems · rack

Summary

Stored XSS in Rack::Directory via javascript: filenames rendered into anchor href

Severity: medium
EPSS: 0.2% (p13)
Also known as: GHSA-whrj-4476-wvmp
Published: 2026-02-17

References

https://github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-whrj-4476-wvmp
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25500
https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/f2f225f297b99fbee3d9f51255d41f601fc40aff

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.