Is rack affected by CVE-2026-34230?

RubyGems rack is affected in =3.0.0.beta1 =3.2.0 <3.2.6.

Is CVE-2026-34230 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.4%.

high

CVE-2026-34230

Q: Is CVE-2026-34230 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.4%.

RubyGems · rack

Summary

Rack has quadratic complexity in Rack::Utils.select_best_encoding via wildcard Accept-Encoding header

Severity: high
EPSS: 0.4% (p34)
Also known as: GHSA-v569-hp3g-36wr
Published: 2026-04-02

References

https://github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-v569-hp3g-36wr
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34230
https://github.com/rack/rack

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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.