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high 7.5

CVE-2023-27530 json

Rack has possible DoS Vulnerability in Multipart MIME parsing

published 2023-03-08 3 y ago modified 2026-10-24 16 d ago also GHSA-3h57-hmj3-gj3p , EUVD-2023-0850

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A DoS vulnerability exists in Rack <v3.0.4.2, <v2.2.6.3, <v2.1.4.3 and <v2.0.9.3 within in the Multipart MIME parsing code in which could allow an attacker to craft requests that can be abuse to cause multipart parsing to take longer than expected.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems rack 2.0.9.3, 2.1.4.3, 2.2.6.3, 3.0.4.2
  • rack rack 2.0.9.3, 2.1.4.3, 2.2.6.3, 3.0.4.2
  • ruby-rack Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.6.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-27530

  • ruby-rack Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.1.4-5ubuntu1.1
  • ruby-rack Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 2.0.7-2ubuntu0.1+esm4
  • ruby-rack Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 2.1.4-5ubuntu1+esm4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-27530

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • foreman satellite utils 6.14, satellite capsule 6.14, satellite 6.14 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat
  • foreman-cli satellite utils 6.14, satellite 6.14 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat
  • foreman-ec2 satellite 6.14 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat
  • rubygem-git satellite 6.14 1.18.0-1.el8sat
  • puppet-agent satellite capsule 6.14, satellite 6.14 7.26.0-3.el8sat
  • puppetserver satellite capsule 6.14, satellite 6.14 7.11.0-1.el8sat
  • rubygem-rack satellite capsule 6.14, satellite 6.14 2.2.7-1.el8sat
  • foreman-ovirt satellite 6.14 3.7.0.9-1.el8sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:6818RHSA-2023:3403RHSA-2023:3082RHSA-2023:2652RHSA-2023:1981RHSA-2023:1961

  • rmt-server SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP5, SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 2.13-150500.3.3.1
  • rmt-server SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP1 +1 more 2.13-150100.3.45.1
  • rmt-server SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP4, SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 2.13-150400.3.12.1
  • rmt-server SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP2 +2 more 2.13-150200.3.32.1
  • rmt-server SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Real Time 15 SP3 +6 more 2.13-150300.3.24.1
  • rubygem-rack SLE High Availability Extension 15 SP4, SLE High Availability Extension 15 SP3, SLE High Availability Extension 15 SP2 +2 more 2.0.8-150000.3.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:2781-1SUSE-SU-2023:2304-1SUSE-SU-2023:2295-1SUSE-SU-2023:2294-1SUSE-SU-2023:2280-1SUSE-SU-2023:0725-1

  • rubygem-rack openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.1.18-1.3
  • rubygem-rack-2.2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2.22-1.1
  • rubygem-rack openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.1.12-1.1
  • rubygem-rack-2.2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2.11-1.1
  • rubygem-rack openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.0.4.2-1.1
  • rubygem-rack openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.2.6.3-1.1
  • rmt-server openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.12-1.1
  • rubygem-rack openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.0.9.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:10358-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10286-1openSUSE-SU-2025:14875-1openSUSE-SU-2025:14811-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12773-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12784-1

  • pcs AlmaLinux 8 0.10.15-4.el8_8.1.alma
  • pcs-snmp AlmaLinux 8 0.10.15-4.el8_8.1.alma
  • pcs AlmaLinux 9 0.11.4-7.el9_2
  • pcs-snmp AlmaLinux 9 0.11.4-7.el9_2

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:3082ALSA-2023:2652

  • pcs Rocky Linux 9 0.11.4-7.el9_2
  • pcs Rocky Linux 8 0.10.15-4.el8_8.1

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:2652RLSA-2023:3082

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-27530 updated cvss 7.5

rubygem-rack: Denial of service in Multipart MIME parsing

  • Red Hat Logging Subsystem for Red Hat OpenShift openshift-logging/fluentd-rhel8
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2 3scale-amp2/zync-rhel8
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 pcs, pcs-snmp, python-clufter
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Storage 3 rubygem-rack
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability EUS (v.8.6) pcs 0.10.12-6.el8_6.4, pcs-snmp 0.10.12-6.el8_6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3403
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux High Availability EUS (v.9.0) pcs 0.11.1-10.el9_0.4, pcs-snmp 0.11.1-10.el9_0.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1981
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HighAvailability (v. 8) pcs 0.10.15-4.el8_8.1, pcs-snmp 0.10.15-4.el8_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3082
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HighAvailability (v. 9) pcs 0.11.4-7.el9_2, pcs-snmp 0.11.4-7.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2652
show 8 more
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HighAvailability EUS (v.8.4) pcs 0.10.8-1.el8_4.4, pcs-snmp 0.10.8-1.el8_4.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1961
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage EUS (v.8.6) pcs 0.10.12-6.el8_6.4, pcs-snmp 0.10.12-6.el8_6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3403
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Resilient Storage EUS (v.9.0) pcs 0.11.1-10.el9_0.4, pcs-snmp 0.11.1-10.el9_0.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1981
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ResilientStorage (v. 8) pcs 0.10.15-4.el8_8.1, pcs-snmp 0.10.15-4.el8_8.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3082
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ResilientStorage (v. 9) pcs 0.11.4-7.el9_2, pcs-snmp 0.11.4-7.el9_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2652
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ResilientStorage EUS (v.8.4) pcs 0.10.8-1.el8_4.4, pcs-snmp 0.10.8-1.el8_4.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:1961
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8 rubygem-rack 2.2.7-1.el8sat
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6818
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8 cjson 1.7.14-5.el8sat, katello 4.9.0-1.el8sat, libsolv 0.7.22-4.el8pc, libcomps 0.1.18-4.el8pc, python-idna 3.3-2.el8pc, candlepin 4.3.1-1.el8sat, +668 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems rack
<2.0.9.3
>=2.1.0, <2.1.4.3
>=2.2.0, <2.2.6.3
>=3.0.0, <3.0.4.2
2.0.9.3
2.1.4.3
2.2.6.3
3.0.4.2

Affected products

  • n/a https://github.com/rack/rack

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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