DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79772

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-79772
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79772.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79772
Upstream
Published
2026-08-25T16:17:28Z
Modified
2026-09-14T17:03:56Z
Severity
  • 6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Nokogiri versions before 1.19.1 fail to check the return value from xmlC14NExecute in the canonicalize method, returning an empty string on failure instead of raising an exception. Attackers can exploit this to bypass signature validation in downstream SAML libraries by providing invalid canonicalized XML that is incorrectly accepted as valid.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / ruby-nokogiri

Package

Name
ruby-nokogiri
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ruby-nokogiri?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.13.10+dfsg-2
1.14.2+dfsg-1
1.14.3+dfsg-1
1.14.3+dfsg-2
1.15.4+dfsg-1
1.16.0+dfsg-1
1.16.0+dfsg-2
1.16.2+dfsg-1
1.16.4+dfsg-1
1.17.2+dfsg-1~exp1
1.18.2+dfsg-1
1.18.10+dfsg-1
1.18.10+dfsg-2
1.18.10+dfsg-3
1.19.1+dfsg-1
1.19.3+dfsg-1
1.19.4+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79772.json"

Debian:13 / ruby-nokogiri

Package

Name
ruby-nokogiri
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ruby-nokogiri?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.18.2+dfsg-1
1.18.10+dfsg-1
1.18.10+dfsg-2
1.18.10+dfsg-3
1.19.1+dfsg-1
1.19.3+dfsg-1
1.19.4+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79772.json"

Debian:14 / ruby-nokogiri

Package

Name
ruby-nokogiri
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ruby-nokogiri?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.19.1+dfsg-1

Affected versions

1.*
1.18.2+dfsg-1
1.18.10+dfsg-1
1.18.10+dfsg-2
1.18.10+dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79772.json"