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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-34230 · published 2 April 2026

CVE-2026-34230: Rack uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability

Rack · Rack

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6, Rack::Utils.select_best_encoding processes Accept-Encoding values with quadratic time complexity when the header contains many wildcard (*) entries. Because this method is used by Rack::Deflater to choose a response encoding, an unauthenticated attacker can send a single request with a crafted Accept-Encoding header and cause disproportionate CPU consumption on the compression middleware path. This results in a denial of service condition for applications using Rack::Deflater. This issue has been patched in versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.48% · top 61.0% CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumptionCWE-407 · CWE-407
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score
0.48%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
1References
24 Jul 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6, Rack::Utils.select_best_encoding processes Accept-Encoding values with quadratic time complexity when the header contains many wildcard (*) entries. Because this method is used by Rack::Deflater to choose a response encoding, an unauthenticated attacker can send a single request with a crafted Accept-Encoding header and cause disproportionate CPU consumption on the compression middleware path. This results in a denial of service condition for applications using Rack::Deflater. This issue has been patched in versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-v569-hp3g-36wr Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-34230), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.