Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-2j26-frm8-cmj9

Rails Active Support has a possible DoS vulnerability in its number helpers

Published Mar 23, 2026Updated Sep 10, 2026OSV record ↗

Also known as CVE-2026-33176

Severity

CVSS 4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

Affected versions

activesupport RubyGems

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Affected	Fixed in
`8.1.0.beta1` to before 8.1.2.1	`8.1.2.1`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (5) `8.1.0` `8.1.0.beta1` `8.1.0.rc1` `8.1.1` `8.1.2`
`8.0.0.beta1` to before 8.0.4.1	`8.0.4.1`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (10) `8.0.0` `8.0.0.1` `8.0.0.beta1` `8.0.0.rc1` `8.0.0.rc2` `8.0.1` `8.0.2` `8.0.2.1` `8.0.3` `8.0.4`
All versions before 7.2.3.1	`7.2.3.1`Advisories →
Also listed as affected (482) `1.0.0` `1.0.1` `1.0.2` `1.0.3` `1.0.4` `1.1.0` `1.1.1` `1.2.1` `1.2.2` `1.2.3` `1.2.4` `1.2.5` `1.3.0` `1.3.1` `1.4.0` `1.4.1` `1.4.2` `1.4.3` `1.4.4` `2.0.0` `2.0.1` `2.0.2` `2.0.4` `2.0.5` `2.1.0` `2.1.1` `2.1.2` `2.2.2` `2.2.3` `2.3.10` `2.3.11` `2.3.12` `2.3.14` `2.3.15` `2.3.16` `2.3.17` `2.3.18` `2.3.2` `2.3.3` `2.3.4` `2.3.5` `2.3.6` `2.3.6.pre` `2.3.7` `2.3.8` `2.3.8.pre1` `2.3.9` `2.3.9.pre` `3.0.0` `3.0.0.beta` `3.0.0.beta2` `3.0.0.beta3` `3.0.0.beta4` `3.0.0.rc` `3.0.0.rc2` `3.0.1` `3.0.10` `3.0.10.rc1` `3.0.11` `3.0.12` `3.0.12.rc1` `3.0.13` `3.0.13.rc1` `3.0.14` `3.0.15` `3.0.16` `3.0.17` `3.0.18` `3.0.19` `3.0.2` `3.0.20` `3.0.3` `3.0.4` `3.0.4.rc1` `3.0.5` `3.0.5.rc1` `3.0.6` `3.0.6.rc1` `3.0.6.rc2` `3.0.7` `3.0.7.rc1` `3.0.7.rc2` `3.0.8` `3.0.8.rc1` `3.0.8.rc2` `3.0.8.rc4` `3.0.9` `3.0.9.rc1` `3.0.9.rc3` `3.0.9.rc4` `3.0.9.rc5` `3.0.pre` `3.1.0` `3.1.0.beta1` `3.1.0.rc1` `3.1.0.rc2` `3.1.0.rc3` `3.1.0.rc4` `3.1.0.rc5` `3.1.0.rc6` `3.1.0.rc8` `3.1.1` `3.1.1.rc1` `3.1.1.rc2` `3.1.1.rc3` `3.1.10` `3.1.11` `3.1.12` `3.1.2` `3.1.2.rc1` `3.1.2.rc2` `3.1.3` `3.1.4` `3.1.4.rc1` `3.1.5` `3.1.5.rc1` `3.1.6` `3.1.7` `3.1.8` `3.1.9` `3.2.0` `3.2.0.rc1` `3.2.0.rc2` `3.2.1` `3.2.10` `3.2.11` `3.2.12` `3.2.13` `3.2.13.rc1` `3.2.13.rc2` `3.2.14` `3.2.14.rc1` `3.2.14.rc2` `3.2.15` `3.2.15.rc1` `3.2.15.rc2` `3.2.15.rc3` `3.2.16` `3.2.17` `3.2.18` `3.2.19` `3.2.2` `3.2.2.rc1` `3.2.20` `3.2.21` `3.2.22` `3.2.22.1` `3.2.22.2` `3.2.22.3` `3.2.22.4` `3.2.22.5` `3.2.3` `3.2.3.rc1` `3.2.3.rc2` `3.2.4` `3.2.4.rc1` `3.2.5` `3.2.6` `3.2.7` `3.2.7.rc1` `3.2.8` `3.2.8.rc1` `3.2.8.rc2` `3.2.9` `3.2.9.rc1` `3.2.9.rc2` `3.2.9.rc3` `4.0.0` `4.0.0.beta1` `4.0.0.rc1` `4.0.0.rc2` `4.0.1` `4.0.1.rc1` `4.0.1.rc2` `4.0.1.rc3` `4.0.1.rc4` `4.0.10` `4.0.10.rc1` `4.0.10.rc2` `4.0.11` `4.0.11.1` `4.0.12` `4.0.13` `4.0.13.rc1` `4.0.2` `4.0.3` `4.0.4` `4.0.4.rc1` `4.0.5` `4.0.6` `4.0.6.rc1` `4.0.6.rc2` `4.0.6.rc3` `4.0.7` `4.0.8` `4.0.9` `4.1.0` `4.1.0.beta1` `4.1.0.beta2` `4.1.0.rc1` `4.1.0.rc2` `4.1.1` `4.1.10` `4.1.10.rc1` `4.1.10.rc2` `4.1.10.rc3` `4.1.10.rc4` `4.1.11` `4.1.12` `4.1.12.rc1` `4.1.13` `4.1.13.rc1` `4.1.14` `4.1.14.1` `4.1.14.2` `4.1.14.rc1` `4.1.14.rc2` `4.1.15` `4.1.15.rc1` `4.1.16` `4.1.16.rc1` `4.1.2` `4.1.2.rc1` `4.1.2.rc2` `4.1.2.rc3` `4.1.3` `4.1.4` `4.1.5` `4.1.6` `4.1.6.rc1` `4.1.6.rc2` `4.1.7` `4.1.7.1` `4.1.8` `4.1.9` `4.1.9.rc1` `4.2.0` `4.2.0.beta1` `4.2.0.beta2` `4.2.0.beta3` `4.2.0.beta4` `4.2.0.rc1` `4.2.0.rc2` `4.2.0.rc3` `4.2.1` `4.2.1.rc1` `4.2.1.rc2` `4.2.1.rc3` `4.2.1.rc4` `4.2.10` `4.2.10.rc1` `4.2.11` `4.2.11.1` `4.2.11.2` `4.2.11.3` `4.2.2` `4.2.3` `4.2.3.rc1` `4.2.4` `4.2.4.rc1` `4.2.5` `4.2.5.1` `4.2.5.2` `4.2.5.rc1` `4.2.5.rc2` `4.2.6` `4.2.6.rc1` `4.2.7` `4.2.7.1` `4.2.7.rc1` `4.2.8` `4.2.8.rc1` `4.2.9` `4.2.9.rc1` `4.2.9.rc2` `5.0.0` `5.0.0.1` `5.0.0.beta1` `5.0.0.beta1.1` `5.0.0.beta2` `5.0.0.beta3` `5.0.0.beta4` `5.0.0.racecar1` `5.0.0.rc1` `5.0.0.rc2` `5.0.1` `5.0.1.rc1` `5.0.1.rc2` `5.0.2` `5.0.2.rc1` `5.0.3` `5.0.4` `5.0.4.rc1` `5.0.5` `5.0.5.rc1` `5.0.5.rc2` `5.0.6` `5.0.6.rc1` `5.0.7` `5.0.7.1` `5.0.7.2` `5.1.0` `5.1.0.beta1` `5.1.0.rc1` `5.1.0.rc2` `5.1.1` `5.1.2` `5.1.2.rc1` `5.1.3` `5.1.3.rc1` `5.1.3.rc2` `5.1.3.rc3` `5.1.4` `5.1.4.rc1` `5.1.5` `5.1.5.rc1` `5.1.6` `5.1.6.1` `5.1.6.2` `5.1.7` `5.1.7.rc1` `5.2.0` `5.2.0.beta1` `5.2.0.beta2` `5.2.0.rc1` `5.2.0.rc2` `5.2.1` `5.2.1.1` `5.2.1.rc1` `5.2.2` `5.2.2.1` `5.2.2.rc1` `5.2.3` `5.2.3.rc1` `5.2.4` `5.2.4.1` `5.2.4.2` `5.2.4.3` `5.2.4.4` `5.2.4.5` `5.2.4.6` `5.2.4.rc1` `5.2.5` `5.2.6` `5.2.6.1` `5.2.6.2` `5.2.6.3` `5.2.7` `5.2.7.1` `5.2.8` `5.2.8.1` `6.0.0` `6.0.0.beta1` `6.0.0.beta2` `6.0.0.beta3` `6.0.0.rc1` `6.0.0.rc2` `6.0.1` `6.0.1.rc1` `6.0.2` `6.0.2.1` `6.0.2.2` `6.0.2.rc1` `6.0.2.rc2` `6.0.3` `6.0.3.1` `6.0.3.2` `6.0.3.3` `6.0.3.4` `6.0.3.5` `6.0.3.6` `6.0.3.7` `6.0.3.rc1` `6.0.4` `6.0.4.1` `6.0.4.2` `6.0.4.3` `6.0.4.4` `6.0.4.5` `6.0.4.6` `6.0.4.7` `6.0.4.8` `6.0.5` `6.0.5.1` `6.0.6` `6.0.6.1` `6.1.0` `6.1.0.rc1` `6.1.0.rc2` `6.1.1` `6.1.2` `6.1.2.1` `6.1.3` `6.1.3.1` `6.1.3.2` `6.1.4` `6.1.4.1` `6.1.4.2` `6.1.4.3` `6.1.4.4` `6.1.4.5` `6.1.4.6` `6.1.4.7` `6.1.5` `6.1.5.1` `6.1.6` `6.1.6.1` `6.1.7` `6.1.7.1` `6.1.7.10` `6.1.7.2` `6.1.7.3` `6.1.7.4` `6.1.7.5` `6.1.7.6` `6.1.7.7` `6.1.7.8` `6.1.7.9` `7.0.0` `7.0.0.alpha1` `7.0.0.alpha2` `7.0.0.rc1` `7.0.0.rc2` `7.0.0.rc3` `7.0.1` `7.0.10` `7.0.2` `7.0.2.1` `7.0.2.2` `7.0.2.3` `7.0.2.4` `7.0.3` `7.0.3.1` `7.0.4` `7.0.4.1` `7.0.4.2` `7.0.4.3` `7.0.5` `7.0.5.1` `7.0.6` `7.0.7` `7.0.7.1` `7.0.7.2` `7.0.8` `7.0.8.1` `7.0.8.2` `7.0.8.3` `7.0.8.4` `7.0.8.5` `7.0.8.6` `7.0.8.7` `7.0.9` `7.1.0` `7.1.0.beta1` `7.1.0.rc1` `7.1.0.rc2` `7.1.1` `7.1.2` `7.1.3` `7.1.3.1` `7.1.3.2` `7.1.3.3` `7.1.3.4` `7.1.4` `7.1.4.1` `7.1.4.2` `7.1.5` `7.1.5.1` `7.1.5.2` `7.1.6` `7.2.0` `7.2.0.beta1` `7.2.0.beta2` `7.2.0.beta3` `7.2.0.rc1` `7.2.1` `7.2.1.1` `7.2.1.2` `7.2.2` `7.2.2.1` `7.2.2.2` `7.2.3`

Description

Impact

Active Support number helpers accept strings containing scientific notation (e.g. 1e10000), which when converted to a string could be expanded 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.

GHSA-2j26-frm8-cmj9

Affected versions

activesupport RubyGems

Description

Impact

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