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CVE-2026-33176

Active Support is a toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. Prior to v

Active Support is a toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. Prior to versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1, Active Support number helpers accept strings containing scientific notation (e.g. 1e10000), which BigDecimal expands into extremely large decimal representations. This can cause excessive memory allocation and CPU consumption when the expanded number is formatted, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability.

Versions 8.1.2.1, 8.0.4.1, and 7.2.3.1 contain a patch.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.00032
Schedule remediation
  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

Affected Products & Versions

3
rubyonrails rails>= 8.0.0 and < 8.0.4.1
rubyonrails rails>= 8.1.0 and < 8.1.2.1

Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
RubyGems activesupport MODERATE fixed in 8.1.2.1

Sigma Hunt Rules

1
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productmediumRuby on Rails Framework Exceptions

Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security-advisories@github.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD24 Mar 2026 · 12:16 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
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Vendor Advisories

3
rhsaRHSA-2026:14835Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2026:14874Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2026:14873Moderate
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