Nokogiri::XML::NodeSet#[] (and its alias #slice) checked the requested index against the node set's bounds using a 32-bit-truncated copy of the index. A large negative index could pass the check and then be used at full width, reading outside the node set's storage. On CRuby this is an out-of-bounds read that typically crashes the process; on JRuby it is not memory-unsafe but returns an incorrect node.
Nokogiri 1.19.4 performs the bounds check against the full-width index.
The Nokogiri maintainers have evaluated this as medium severity.
Exploitation requires an application to pass an attacker-controlled integer to NodeSet#[]. The primary impact is a controlled crash (denial of service), with potential for memory disclosure on CRuby.
On JRuby, Nokogiri is not affected by this vulnerability.
Upgrade to Nokogiri 1.19.4 or later.
As a workaround, applications that index a NodeSet with externally-supplied integers can validate the index against node_set.length before use, or avoid passing untrusted values as an index.
This issue was responsibly reported by Zheng Yu from depthfirst.com.
{
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-125",
"CWE-190"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-19T16:36:42Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "MODERATE"
}