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CVE-2026-47240 (Medium) detected in net-imap-0.6.4.gem #935

Description

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CVE-2026-47240 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - net-imap-0.6.4.gem

Ruby client api for Internet Message Access Protocol

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/net-imap-0.6.4.gem

Sample Path to Dependency File: /Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /tmp/containerbase/cache/.ruby/cache/net-imap-0.6.4.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

  • rails-8.0.5.gem (Root Library)
    • actionmailer-8.0.5.gem
      • mail-2.9.0.gem
        • net-imap-0.6.4.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. Prior to 0.6.5 and 0.5.15, several Net::IMAP commands accept a "raw data" argument that is sent verbatim after validation to prevent command injection. However, if a server does not support non-synchronizing literals, it may still be possible to inject arbitrary IMAP commands inside non-synchronizing literals. A server without support for non-synchronizing literals may interpret the "+}\r\n" as the end of a malformed command line and respond with a tagged BAD. In that case, the contents of the literal will be interpreted as one or more new pipelined commands, allowing a CRLF command injection attack to succeed. This affects criteria for #search and #uid_search; search_keys for #sort, #thread, #uid_sort, and #uid_thread; and attr for #fetch and #uid_fetch. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.5 and 0.5.15.

Publish Date: 2026-06-22

URL: CVE-2026-47240

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.1)

Base Score Metrics:

  • Exploitability Metrics:
    • Attack Vector: Local
    • Attack Complexity: Low
    • Privileges Required: None
    • User Interaction: Required
    • Scope: Unchanged
  • Impact Metrics:
    • Confidentiality Impact: None
    • Integrity Impact: High
    • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Release Date: 2026-06-11

Fix Resolution: https://github.com/ruby/net-imap.git - 0.5.15,net-imap - 0.6.4.1,net-imap - 0.5.15


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