> CVE-2021-47996 [HIGH]

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PUBLISHED
2026-08-25 16:16
MODIFIED
2026-08-25 16:16
CVSS_SCORE V3
8.7
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.50%
Top 58.8%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2026-08-25 RED HAT 🔗 2026-08-30 CWE MITRE 🔗 2026-09-01 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-10-25 OSV 🔗 2026-08-31

> DESCRIPTION

Nokogiri before 1.11.4 (CRuby implementation only, when the packaged/vendored libxml2 is used) bundles libxml2 2.9.10, which is affected by multiple vulnerabilities addressed in libxml2 2.9.12, including a memory leak in xmlSchemaValidateStream (CVE-2019-20388), a global buffer over-read in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal (CVE-2020-24977), a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2021-3517), and an out-of-bounds read (CVE-2021-3518). Processing crafted XML documents may lead to denial of service, information disclosure, or memory corruption.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Exploit possible à distance via réseau (HTTP, API, etc.)
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
None (N)
Aucune authentification requise
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
None (N)
Aucune interaction utilisateur nécessaire
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Impact reste dans le périmètre du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
None (N)
Aucune divulgation d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
None (N)
Aucune modification de données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
High (H)
Interruption totale du service possible

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
None
Aucune divulgation d'informations
Intégrité
None
Aucune modification de données possible
Disponibilité
High
Interruption totale du service possible

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-119

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer - The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

> RED HAT SEVERITY ASSESSMENT

THREAT SEVERITY
Important

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
175 versions affected
Unknown / Unknown
85 versions affected
ALIASES:
GHSA-7rrm-v45f-jp64

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
25/08/2026 16:16
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/09/2026 06:02
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer - The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buff...
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 30/08/2026 05:01
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 30/08/2026 05:01
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
Non
Nouvelle valeur:
Oui
Total des modifications: 3 Dernière mise à jour: 1 month ago

> REFERENCES

https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/0e1a49c8907645d2e155f0d89d4d989...
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/1098c30a040e72a4654968547f415be...
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/1358d157d0bd83be1dfe356a69213df...
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/50f06b3efb638efb0abd95dc62dca05...
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/7ffcd44d7e6c46704f8af0321d9314c...
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/8598060bacada41a0eb09d95c97744f...
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/babe75030c7f64a37826bb334231713...
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/bf22713507fe1fc3a2c4b525cf0a88c...
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-7rrm-v45f-jp6...
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nokogiri-before-multiple-vulnerabilities-vi...
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