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CVE-2026-47240

MEDIUM
5.8
CVSS 4.0
Description
Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. Prior to 0.6.5 and 0.5.15, several Net::IMAP commands accept a "raw data" argument that is sent verbatim after validation to prevent command injection. However, if a server does not support non-synchronizing literals, it may still be possible to inject arbitrary IMAP commands inside non-synchronizing literals. A server without support for non-synchronizing literals may interpret the "+}\r\n" as the end of a malformed command line and respond with a tagged BAD. In that case, the contents of the literal will be interpreted as one or more new pipelined commands, allowing a CRLF command injection attack to succeed. This affects criteria for #search and #uid_search; search_keys for #sort, #thread, #uid_sort, and #uid_thread; and attr for #fetch and #uid_fetch. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.5 and 0.5.15.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-47240
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Reserved
2026-05-18 22:54 UTC
Published
2026-06-22 20:17 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-22 20:17 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-77
CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in …
Vendor / Product
ruby / net-imap
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

5.8 MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
ruby net-imap >= 0.6.0, < 0.6.4.1, < 0.5.15
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-77 cna CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CWE-93 cna CWE-93: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
5.8 MEDIUM 4.0 cna CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References (1)
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