GHSA-wjv4-x9w8-wm3h

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjv4-x9w8-wm3h

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-wjv4-x9w8-wm3h/GHSA-wjv4-x9w8-wm3h.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-wjv4-x9w8-wm3h

Aliases

CVE-2026-57436

Downstream

CGA (118)

MINI (8)

Published

2026-06-19T16:36:59Z

Modified

2026-09-10T03:50:50Z

Severity

1.7 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U CVSS Calculator

Summary

Nokogiri: Possible Use-After-Free when setting `Document#root=` to an invalid node type

Details

Summary

Nokogiri::XML::Document#root= validated only that the new root was a Nokogiri::XML::Node, allowing a DTD node to be set as the document root. The result is a heap use-after-free during garbage collection or finalization, leading to an invalid memory read or potentially a segfault.

Nokogiri 1.19.4 restricts Document#root= to element nodes, raising TypeError for any other node type.

This memory-safety issue affects only the CRuby implementation (libxml2). The JRuby implementation was not affected; the same input validation was added there for behavioral parity.

Severity

The Nokogiri maintainers have evaluated this as low severity. This is only triggered by a programming error. It requires application code to assign a non-element node such as a DTD as the document root via Document#root=. Nokogiri 1.19.4 now raises TypeError instead of allowing a use-after-free. It cannot be triggered by untrusted input or through normal use of the public API.

Mitigation

Upgrade to Nokogiri 1.19.4 or later.

As a workaround, applications that cannot upgrade should avoid assigning a DTD (or any non-element node) via Document#root=.

Credit

This issue was responsibly reported by Zheng Yu from depthfirst.com.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-06-19T16:36:59Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "LOW"
}

References

Affected packages

RubyGems / nokogiri

Package

Name: nokogiri
Purl: pkg:gem/nokogiri

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.19.4

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.0

1.0.1

1.0.2

1.0.3

1.0.4

1.0.5

1.0.6

1.0.7

1.1.0

1.1.1

1.2.0

1.2.1

1.2.2

1.2.3

1.3.0

1.3.1

1.3.2

1.3.3

1.4.0

1.4.1

1.4.2

1.4.2.1

1.4.3

1.4.3.1

1.4.4

1.4.4.1

1.4.4.2

1.4.5

1.4.6

1.4.7

1.5.0.beta.1

1.5.0.beta.2

1.5.0.beta.3

1.5.0.beta.4

1.5.0

1.5.1.rc1

1.5.1

1.5.2

1.5.3.rc2

1.5.3.rc3

1.5.3.rc4

1.5.3.rc5

1.5.3.rc6

1.5.3

1.5.4.rc1

1.5.4.rc2

1.5.4.rc3

1.5.4

1.5.5.rc1

1.5.5.rc2

1.5.5.rc3

1.5.5

1.5.6.rc1

1.5.6.rc2

1.5.6.rc3

1.5.6

1.5.7.rc1

1.5.7.rc2

1.5.7.rc3

1.5.7

1.5.8

1.5.9

1.5.10

1.5.11

1.6.0.rc1

1.6.0

1.6.1

1.6.2.rc1

1.6.2.rc2

1.6.2.rc3

1.6.2

1.6.2.1

1.6.3.rc1

1.6.3.rc2

1.6.3.rc3

1.6.3

1.6.3.1

1.6.4

1.6.4.1

1.6.5

1.6.6.1

1.6.6.2

1.6.6.3

1.6.6.4

1.6.7.rc2

1.6.7.rc3

1.6.7.rc4

1.6.7

1.6.7.1

1.6.7.2

1.6.8.rc1

1.6.8.rc2

1.6.8.rc3

1.6.8

1.6.8.1

1.7.0

1.7.0.1

1.7.1

1.7.2

1.8.0

1.8.1

1.8.2

1.8.3

1.8.4

1.8.5

1.9.0.rc1

1.9.0

1.9.1

1.10.0.rc1

1.10.0

1.10.1

1.10.2

1.10.3

1.10.4

1.10.5

1.10.6

1.10.7

1.10.8

1.10.9

1.10.10

1.11.0.rc1

1.11.0.rc2

1.11.0.rc3

1.11.0.rc4

1.11.0

1.11.1

1.11.2

1.11.3

1.11.4

1.11.5

1.11.6

1.11.7

1.12.0.rc1

1.12.0

1.12.1

1.12.2

1.12.3

1.12.4

1.12.5

1.13.0

1.13.1

1.13.2

1.13.3

1.13.4

1.13.5

1.13.6

1.13.7

1.13.8

1.13.9

1.13.10

1.14.0.rc1

1.14.0

1.14.1

1.14.2

1.14.3

1.14.4

1.14.5

1.15.0

1.15.1

1.15.2

1.15.3

1.15.4

1.15.5

1.15.6

1.15.7

1.16.0.rc1

1.16.0

1.16.1

1.16.2

1.16.3

1.16.4

1.16.5

1.16.6

1.16.7

1.16.8

1.17.0

1.17.1

1.17.2

1.18.0.rc1

1.18.0

1.18.1

1.18.2

1.18.3

1.18.4

1.18.5

1.18.6

1.18.7

1.18.8

1.18.9

1.18.10

1.19.0

1.19.1

1.19.2

1.19.3

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/06/GHSA-wjv4-x9w8-wm3h/GHSA-wjv4-x9w8-wm3h.json"