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GHSA-5v8h-3h3q-446p: Nokogiri: Possible Use-After-Free when `Nokogiri::XML::Document#encoding=` raises an exception

June 19, 2026

Calling Document#encoding= with an invalid encoding (e.g., a non-string, or a string containing a null byte) raises an exception, but only after freeing the document’s current encoding string without replacing it. The document is left referencing freed memory, so the next call to Document#encoding reads invalid memory, which can cause a segfault or leak freed bytes into a Ruby String.

Affects the CRuby (libxml2) implementation only; JRuby is not affected.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-5v8h-3h3q-446p
  • github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-5v8h-3h3q-446p

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.19.4

Fixed versions

  • 1.19.4

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.19.4 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-416: Use After Free

Source file

gem/nokogiri/GHSA-5v8h-3h3q-446p.yml

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