Description
Addressable is an alternative implementation to the URI implementation that is part of Ruby's standard library. From 2.3.0 until 2.9.1, URI templates with several variables in one expression or several adjacent expressions generate ambiguous regular expressions. Affected forms include multi-variable expressions using operators other than plus and number sign, large plus or number-sign expressions, and adjacent single-variable expressions. Template#match or Template#extract can backtrack polynomially or exponentially on attacker-controlled URIs, causing denial of service on MRI Ruby before 3.2 and JRuby, with the large plus and number-sign form also affecting MRI Ruby 3.2 and TruffleRuby 40.0. URI parsing and Template#expand are unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.1.
Published: 2026-11-12
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9f42-57jx-vpp3 Addressable: Regular Expression Denial of Service in templates with multiple variables
History

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Description Addressable is an alternative implementation to the URI implementation that is part of Ruby's standard library. From 2.3.0 until 2.9.1, URI templates with several variables in one expression or several adjacent expressions generate ambiguous regular expressions. Affected forms include multi-variable expressions using operators other than plus and number sign, large plus or number-sign expressions, and adjacent single-variable expressions. Template#match or Template#extract can backtrack polynomially or exponentially on attacker-controlled URIs, causing denial of service on MRI Ruby before 3.2 and JRuby, with the large plus and number-sign form also affecting MRI Ruby 3.2 and TruffleRuby 40.0. URI parsing and Template#expand are unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.1.
Title Addressable: Regular Expression Denial of Service in Addressable templates with multiple variables
Weaknesses CWE-1333
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-12T22:08:55.535Z

Reserved: 2026-11-10T21:12:01.227Z

Link: CVE-2026-126352

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-12T22:19:20.530

Modified: 2026-11-12T22:19:20.530

Link: CVE-2026-126352

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-1333

    Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity