CVE-2026-79590

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-79590
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-79590.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-79590
Downstream
Published
2026-09-10T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-09-12T08:07:31Z
Summary
[none]
Details

A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the Prism parser component of mruby 4.0.0. An attacker can provide a specially crafted Ruby source file that triggers the parser to pass a NULL pointer to nonnull string handling functions, resulting in undefined behavior and application crash.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "mitre",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/79xxx/CVE-2026-79590.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/takumin/mruby

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/takumin/mruby
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
Database specific
Show details
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}

Affected versions

1.*
1.0.0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-79590.json"
vanir_signatures
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            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "id": "CVE-2026-79590-2d157a0b",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/takumin/mruby/commit/c6866eed4ad5640b552ba79d16063e7ec70a0ac9",
        "target": {
            "file": "mrbgems/mruby-compiler/include/prism_xallocator.h"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified
"2026-09-12T08:07:31Z"